Concorde can come through test with flying colours
The first of the top horses to represent the relatively new combination of Dermot Weld and Davy Russell, it will be disappointing should he fail to come through this test with flying colours. Silver Concorde has Cheltenham aspiration and, of course, is already a winner at the festival, having taken the bumper there in March.
He has reportedly schooled beautifully and emphasised his current well being when scoring on the flat at Navan in October.
The Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase may be bound for export, to Alan King’s Uxizandre. This versatile sort could develop into a live two-mile Champion Chase prospect and showed he is at home over this afternoon’s trip when winning at Cheltenham last time.
The other Grade 1, the Paddy Power Future Champions’ Novice Hurdle, can go to Willie Mullins’ Nichols Canyon.
He was less than impressive when scoring on his debut in this country at Cork, but stepped up markedly on that effort subsequently when easily landing a Grade 1 at Fairyhouse.
The nap vote falls on another Mullins inmate, Buiseness Sivola, in the Paddy Power Number 1 For Live Streaming three-year-old Maiden Hurdle.
The ex-French horse made a fine start in Ireland when a length and a half second behind Prussian Eagle at Gowran Park.
The Lexus Chase at Leopardstown tomorrow is very competitive, with the nod falling on Boston Bob.
He was no match for Don Cossack in the John Durkan at Punchestown, shaping as rather one-paced, but can do better now with an extra half a mile to travel.
Sandra Hughes’ Lieutenant Colonel gets the vote in the Grade 1 Squared Financial Christmas Hurdle.
There was a lot to like about the way he went about things when slamming Jetson by four lengths a Fairyhouse and, hopefully, can build on that.
Edward O’Grady’s Kitten Rock is the nap choice in the Listed Irish Independent Hurdle at Limerick tomorrow. having bolted in at Naas on his latest appearance.
