Pique Sous should be too classy for rivals
The classy five-year-old was third in the bumper at the Cheltenham festival in March and has continued to go the right way in the meantime.
He’s enjoyed two easy successes of late, coasting to victory at Bellewstown and Tipperary, and the selection will surely have been well schooled and looks to be far better than this opposition.
The nap vote falls on Michael Hourigan’s Whats Happening in the Follow Us On Facebook Bumper.
He ran far too freely for his own good, partnered by Hourigan’s daughter, Laura, at Listowel when three parts of a lengths second behind In The Well.
That wasn’t a great race, but neither is this, and the booking of John Thomas McNamara should be a big help.
The talented Mossey Joe has plenty going for him in the www.mallow.ie Hurdle, not least the fact he’s getting 10lbs from Won In The Dark.
Mossey Joe was set for a remote second behind Sir Des Champs in a Grade 1 over fences at the Punchestown festival in April, until falling at the last, and giving him a pop over flights seems a good idea.
Reafadda gets the nod in the corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle. Third behind Letherbelucky over flights at Roscommon, he was then predictably outclassed by Pique Sous in a Tipperary bumper.
At Naas, Michael Halford’s Slipper Orchid is fancied to land the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.
She seemed to find seven furlongs too short when a close third behind Fionnuar and September Lily, who is also in the field today, over seven furlongs at the Curragh and this stiff mile should prove ideal.
