Crow can kill off opposition
The son of Presenting made a promising enough start at Leopardstown in January when third behind Dermot Weld’s Windsor Park and Tony Martin’s Marinero.
All the indications thus far are that the bare form is ordinary. But the selection has been given plenty of time to mature, he’s been absent for 60 days, and plenty of improvement is likely to be forthcoming.
Golan Dancer ran a cracker when second to Lord Scoundrel at Clonmel, while Jane Mangan is a significant booking for Edward O’Grady’s once-raced Celtic Silver. This grey was about eight lengths adrift of the winner when seventh to Shaneshill at Naas in November and that was a solid start.
Shaneshill beat Joshua Tree into second on that occasion and they were second and third respectively behind Silver Concorde in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham earlier this month.
Michael Winters’ high class Rebel Fitz returns to action, following a break of 160 days, in thewww.racinghomeforeaster.com Hurdle.
A watching brief is surely the best policy on this occasion, considering he was well beaten into second in the contest a year ago by Willie Mullins’ Tarla and testing conditions will not play to his strengths.
In a very tricky little six-horse affair, the hopeful nod falls on another Mullins inmate, Upsie.
