Folsom Blue can continue rise up the ladder

CONOR O’DWYER’S Folsom Blue is fancied to continue his rise up the ladder by completing a hat-trick in a fascinating Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel this afternoon.

All eight runners are previous winners over flights, but it is the selection, the youngest horse in the contest, which seems to have the most progressive profile.

He got off the mark in a moderate maiden at Limerick at Christmas, staying on from the final flight to score by two and a half lengths.