Days Hotel can deliver
He was, admittedly, a trifle lucky to win another Grade 2 at Naas last time, but this does represent a good opportunity.
At Naas, Days Hotel tried to make all of the running, but Realt Dubh joined him over the final fence.
Realt Dubh, however, made a bad mistake and Days Hotel stretched away on the flat to score by six lengths.
The danger is the consistent Foildubh, who ran another solid race when runner-up behind Chicago Grey at Navan.
De Bromhead could also supply the answer to the very competitive www.thetote.com Handicap Hurdle with the lightly raced Sizing Machine.
He very much caught the eye, returning from a break, when a close fourth behind Summer Star at Leopardstown last month.
Willie Mullins is responsible for half of the four-strong field in the Grade 3 Weatherbys’ Ireland GSB Hurdle, Dogora and Djakadam.
Ruby Walsh partners Dogora, which would indicate he is the stable number one. But Dogora proved no match for Stocktons Wing on this track in February and Djakadam is preferred.
The ex-French horse bolted in at Gowran Park and then Limerick, likes to front run and is tough and resolute.
Mullins’ Blazing Tempo gets the vote in the Grade 3 John And Chich Fowler Memorial EBF Mares’ Chase. The former Galway Plate winner has been struggling on terrible ground of late, but has a real life, should the surface continue to dry out.
