Mo can finally push door open
Patrick Prendergast’s filly produced a solid effort at Wexford last time, following a break, and is entitled to strip fitter on this occasion.
At Wexford, she tried to make all of the running and still held the call early in the straight.
In the end, however, Madam Mo had to give best to Jan Van Eyck, going under by two lengths.
The form is working out well, with Jan Van Eyck, Capitol Hill (fourth) and Stepping Down (fifth) all scoring subsequently.
Tony Martin’s Thomas Edison, unsuited by the testing conditions when fading in the closing stages of the Galway Hurdle, rates the biggest worry.
Pat Martin’s Hilltown Gal is the one to beat in the five-runner countysligoraces.com Auction Race.
She indicated a liking for this track on her latest appearance, finishing half a length second behind in-form Focussed in a nursery.
Tom Hogan’s Some Officer is fancied to deliver in the Student Day At Sligo Races Wednesday 2nd October Maiden Hurdle.
He has lots of jumping experience from the point-to-point fields, although failing to win at that game.
The progressive six-year-old, however, has looked a smart sort in bumpers, particularly when scoring by nine lengths over two and a quarter miles at Sligo in July.
His last outing saw him finish a close third at Galway, behind shock winner, Merrion Row, and Dermot Weld’s, Grecian Tiger, when a lack of pace through the race and two miles seemed to work against him.
