Chief Suspect ready to strike

The progressive can get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Down Royal tonight.

Trained by Jane Foley in Co Carlow, the son of Dandy Man has improved with each of his outings and should now be ready to strike.

His latest performance was his best, coming at Dundalk over this trip, seven furlongs, 26-days ago. Quickly into stride, the selection tried to make all of the running, tactics that looked set to succeed for most of the journey. It wasn’t to be, however, and Chief Suspect was mugged close home and beaten the minimum margin, a nose, into second, by Refusetolisten.