Choice can boost festival prospects

THE main interest at Fairyhouse this afternoon will centre on the performance of Dermot Weld’s Galileo’s Choice in the Easter Festival 8th-10th April Novice Hurdle.

He is a strong fancy for the forthcoming Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and is currently on offer at odds of between 10-1 and 14-1.

The six-year-old is likely to come into his own when meeting a decent surface, but has to come through this test nonetheless with flying colours if hopes of success at next month’s festival are to be considered in any way realistic.