Stick with Exhortation

Take a chance on Exhortation to make it third-time-lucky for Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen in the Irish Stallion Farms Maiden in Dundalk tonight.

A Zamindar colt, he contested a decent Leopardstown maiden on his debut last September and, having dictated the pace, finished third behind the useful Akeem Mofeed and Athens.

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s colt wasn’t seen again until six weeks ago, over seven furlongs at tonight’s venue. An uneasy favourite, he tracked the leaders before coming through to lead with less than two furlongs to race.