Turnandgo looks set to recoup losses
When in doubt put your trust in Willie Mullins seems the safest policy on a poor programme such as this and his Turnandgo is the nap choice in the Bumper.
Easy winner of his only point-to-point, the selection was a costly failure when making his racecourse debut on this track back in November. He tried to make all of the running, but was grabbed in the final stride and beaten a short head by Hawaii Five Nil.
That winner was subsequently bought for £130,000 and reappeared for Jonjo O’Neill to finish a close second at Fontwell yesterday.
In typical Mullins fashion Turnandgo has been given plenty of time to mature and has to be fancied to do the business.
Easily the most interesting horse in action today is Gallant Oscar in the Slievenamon Beginners Chase.
He more than caught the eye, far from knocked about, when fourth behind Madam Bovary at Punchestown in January.
The stewards took a dim view of the display and fined his then trainer, Denis Quinn, €2,000, suspended the horse for 42 days and suspended rider, Roger Loughran, for 7 days.
Gallant Oscar has since moved stables and his travels in the market will be all-important, but has to get the nod from this range.
