Aerlite can reign supreme
The fact he has been second four times in-a-row tells us much about Michael Hourigan’s charge and it requires a leap of faith to give him another chance.
On two of those occasions he managed to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory and there are plenty who will not want to have anything to do with the six-year-old.
His latest failure saw him go under by three parts of a length to Murtys Delight at Limerick, in what was a decent enough winners’ race.
The selection saw a lot of daylight throughout that contest, far from ideal, although the lack of pace for some of the journey made it difficult for his 7lbs claiming rider.
Robbie McNamara, who has partnered him before, is back in the plate now. You’d imagine that burying the horse for most of the trip, and then attempting to deliver him as late as possible, is the right way to ride Aerlite Supreme.
If they are the tactics adopted then the talented McNamara is the perfect pilot to carry them out on the first-time blinkered gelding.
Dougal Philps, and he’s not for the faint-hearted either, gets the vote in the Friday Evening Racing Maiden Hurdle.
Bitterly disappointing since being launched over jumps, there was some hope in his latest display when beaten a head and a short head into third behind Busted Tycoon and Age Of Glory in a modest event at Tramore.
He was conceding weight to that pair and this front-runner shapes like a more attractive proposition now, in what has the appearances of a very weak heat.
One of the more interesting puzzles on the card is the July 12th BBQ Evening Beginners Chase, which is likely to house a number of future winners.
The vote goes to Letter Of Credit, a smart sort when on song and having an initial start for Jimmy Mangan.
It will be Letter Of Credit’s first outing for 144 days, so his travels in the market will obviously be important in that context.
