Foot Soldier on the march

AIDAN O’Brien boasts an exemplary record in the opening maiden at Gowran Park tonight, having won it six times in the last ten years, and his Foot Soldier can enhance the stable’s record by taking the race in the hands of Colm O’Donoghue.

The Danehill Dancer colt ran a race full of promise when fourth behind Reply on his debut, before being caught by the fast-finishing Rubina on his next outing.

Both races received a boost at the Curragh on Sunday when Reply ran a fine race to finish fifth behind La Collina in the Phoenix Stakes, and Rubina finished a respectable fourth behind Maybe in the Debutante Stakes.