Straightforward task for So Young
A cracking novice, the five-year-old made a more than satisfactory seasonal debut at Punchestown last month.
Starting long odds-on, he cruised through the contest and then quickened away in the closing stages to beat Fully Funded by 11 lengths.
This is another straightforward task and So Young can take this, before facing far more testing assignments in the future.
Ruby Walsh partners So Young and can also combine with Mullins to take the Molony Cup Handicap Chase with Bundle Of Fun. He proved a costly failure at Limerick last time when beaten three and a quarter lengths into second by Hidden Present. The two miles, three furlongs plus was clearly on the short side for him then, however, and Bundle Of Fun will be much more at home stepping up to three miles.
On a day when betting possibilities are thin on the ground, the hopeful nap vote falls on Shrapnel in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Maiden Hurdle.
The ex-winning point-to-pointer has essentially been disappointing, but this does look his best chance to date.
He was third behind Aformidableopponent and Mount Colah at Navan, ordinary form, but travelling an extra six and a half furlongs now may see him in a more favourable light.
Davy Russell rides Shrapnel and could also provide the answer to the Gift Horse Gallery Horse And Jockey Mares’ Hurdle aboard Is Herself About. She is penalised 7lbs for landing a poor heat on this track last time, but this looks an even worse race.
Quarryvale, beaten a length by Senor Again at Clonmel, gets the nod in the Gift Horse Gallery Horse And Jockey Hotel Handicap Chase.
