Vedani set to defy top weight

EASILY the most interesting contest at the opening stage of the Killarney festival this evening is the Killarney Avenue/Munster Joinery Handicap, which brings together four useful performers.

The nap vote falls on John Oxx’s lightly-raced Vedani, who is fancied to defy top weight.

He has a very progressive profile and will revel in the likely soft ground. Vedani won his maiden at the second attempt at the Curragh and then returned to headquarters, stepping into handicap company.