Lord can jump to it
A more than useful hurdler, Willie Mullins’ charge made a decent start over fences when winning at Tramore and will surely build on that.
At Tramore, Sweet My Lord’s jumping was impressive, as he strode home three and a half lengths clear of Lord Ben, after the latter had blundered badly two out.
That was a decent enough effort on the part of the selection because two miles round that right-handed track would not have been his cup of tea. He now steps up to two and a half and that is going to be far more suitable.
Carlito Brigante has a rating of 141 and that should really entitle him to automatic preference. But conditions are going to be particularly testing and that leaves him vulnerable.
Ballyadam Brook and Pride Of The Arctic rate bigger dangers, but Sweet My Lord should have a real future at this game and is readily preferred.
John McConnell’s Orgilgo Bay is fancied to shrug off top weight in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Premier Nursery.
It may not make a lot of sense tipping a horse that finished sixth of six last time, behind Battle Of Marengo in a Listed event at Leopardstown, but the surface was on the fast side on that occasion.
Before Leopardstown, Orgilgo Bay was three parts of a length second behind First Cornerstone on heavy ground at Tipperary.
It was a further four and three quarter lengths back to the third and First Cornerstone then went on to land a Group 2 at the Curragh. The booking of talented 7lbs claimer, Colin Keane, is a plus.
Consonance, who won nicely at Galway last week, could make light of a 4lbs rise in the weights in the Feale Handicap.
