Flavia can follow up
The daughter of Holy Roman Emperor looks reasonably progressive, having won in good style at Dundalk last month.
She quickened well in the closing stages for Joseph O’Brien to score going away by two and a quarter lengths and is fancied to follow up.
Paul Hennessy’s First Friday gets the vote in the first division of the Dundalk Stadium Handicap.
The High Chaparral gelding ran a cracker here two weeks ago, beaten half a length into second by in-form Mutasareb, and now runs off the same mark.
The first division of the same contest is best left to the consistent Harry Rogers trained Elusive Express.
She finished with a flourish when half a length runner-up behind Cool Athlete at Dundalk a week ago and the extra two furlongs plus now should play to her strengths.
Ted Walsh’s Paramount, beaten three parts of a length by Tribes and Banner (rec. 5lbs) at Dundalk, could reverse placings in the Winter Racing At Dundalk handicap.
Jim Nash’s Tsar Paul went down by a short head to Farmleigh House — he would have won in another stride — at Dundalk last week and can set the record straight in the Group Bookings At Dundalk Rated Race.
