Aloof poised to strike

DAVID Wachman’s Aloof is the nap choice in the Christmas Parties At Dundalk Race on the all-weather tonight.

The daughter of Galileo ran well here in September and should now be poised to strike. She was beaten four and a half lengths into second by Aidan O’Brien’s Wading, but that represents smart form.

Wading subsequently went to Newmarket and put up a decent effort to take the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes by an easy two lengths.