Facade can get off mark
The Aidan O’Brien-trained daughter of Galileo made her debut at Gowran Park 12 days ago, in a contest in which her stable companion, Together Forever, was a warm order.
Together Forever duly won by five lengths, with the selection doing all her best work in the closing stages to finish fourth.
Feature event is the Group 3 Diamond Stakes and among the runners are two challengers from across channel.
The vote, however, falls on another Ballydoyle inmate, Afonso de Sousa. He returned after a long absence to score on this track a week ago and is bound to strip a lot fitter now.
At Gowran Park today, Charles O’Brien’s Henry Higgins has to be the fancy in the Park Gigs Maiden Hurdle.
Last seen when scoring on the flat at Leopardstown in June, he has a rating over flights of 125 and that more than entitles him to land a contest of this nature.
The consistent Little King Robin can lead the opposition a merry dance in the Join Us Tomorrow For Racing Mares’ Hurdle.
She loves her jumping, loves to bowl along in front and arrives on the back of a comfortable success at Bellewstown in late August.
Dessie Hughes’ Tiger Trek might be worth risking in the Gowran Park Santa Train Maiden Hurdle.
He was a very costly failure at the Listowel festival, third to Snapchat, but it would be no surprise should a lot more use be made of him on this occasion.
