Missunited will take all of the beating
Michael Winters’ five-year-old is a dual bumper winner and hinted at plenty more to come when making a successful debut over flights at Listowel last month.
Despite being a little uneasy in the market, the selection led for most of the two and a half journey, cruising home clear of subsequent winners, Top Madam and Misty Weather.
Willie Mullins’ versatile and very useful Dare To Doubt is sure to go off favourite and will clearly take all of the beating.
She was having her first outing since the Cheltenham festival when beaten seven lengths into second by in-form Whatever Jacksays over this course and distance two weeks ago.
Dare To Doubt certainly has the ability to outclass this field, but Missunited is three years her junior, has lots of scope for improvement and is preferred.
John Oxx’s once-raced Sharkayla can provide the answer to the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.
She caught the eye when third to Pedro The Great and Jim Bolger’s well-regarded newcomer, Wexford Opera, on her debut at this track.
It is a worry that Pedro The Great ran no sort of race at the Curragh last Saturday, but that performance really was too bad to be true.
Aidan O’Brien introduces two sons of Galileo, Flying The Flag and The Vatican, in the Leopardstown.com Race, and, with Joseph O’Brien aboard the former, he is the obvious choice.
Man Of Erin, runner-up behind Tuesday night’s Gowran Park winner, Balladiene, at Leopardstown, only went up 1lb for that and should go close in the John Boyle Memorial Handicap.
