Go All The Way can do just that
No more than a modest hurdler, but only marking time at that game, he made a big impression on his debut over fences on this track in July.
Jim Dreaper’s imposing seven-year-old jumped for fun and bounded home an impressive 11 lengths clear of Burn And Turn.
Inis Meain is a hopeful choice in a very competitive www.thetote.com Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap.
It has been a real rags-to-riches story for Denis Hogan’s charge, having begun a three-race winning streak off a mark of just 47 here last month.
His latest success was at the Galway festival, making every yard of the running to slam Shamiran by seven lengths with last week’s York winner, Olympiad, a further two lengths behind in third.
Inis Meain has now gone up a total of 36lbs, but is capable of travelling at a fair old lick in front and the ground won’t be a problem.
Aidan O’Brien’s once-raced Greek Goddess looks best in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden.
The surface was particularly testing when the daughter of Gaileo made an eye-catching debut at the Curragh, fifth to John Oxx’s Sinaniya.
Jacksonslady is easily the best horse in the Diarmuid Cronin Electrical Mares’ Beginners Chase, but the ground is the biggest worry.
Given a spin on the flat of late, she is not guaranteed to handle conditions as testing as this, but class may see her though.
Sweet Lightning, third behind Punch Your Weight in the Cambridgeshire at the Curragh last Saturday, remains the selection for the Listed Vincent O’Brien Ruby Stakes, transferred from yesterday’s postponed card.
nRegarding prospects of racing today, Clerk of the course Val O’Connell said last night: “Hopefully, with a dry night we should be OK.
“The forecast is for it to clear up and have a couple of nice days. If that’s the case we should be OK.”
