Warrior can prevail in Drinmore battle

GIGGINSTOWN House Stud owner Michael O’Leary will be delighted to hold such a strong hand in tomorrow’s Drinmore Novices’ Chase at Fairyhouse and he can land the spoils courtesy of Tony Martin’s Bog Warrior.

On what the horse has achieved in his few forays to the track, he’s an awful long way behind his owner’s First Lieutenant, who won the Neptune Investments Management Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival back in March.

However, Bog Warrior made a successful and very eye-catching debut over fences recently and that left the impression that he could be a proper horse in this discipline.