Dalmatia will be tough nut to crack

The Eddie Harty-trained Dalmatia should prove tough to beat in the Kilsheelan Mares Maiden Hurdle on today’s rescheduled card in Clonmel.

A seven-race maiden when trained by Michael Stoute, this Cape Cross filly ran a cracker on her Irish debut at Leopardstown recently, when finishing third, beaten two and a half lengths, behind dead-heaters Gladiator King and Prince Of Scars.

Ridden then, as today, by Adrian Heskin, Dalmatia raced prominently and recovered from a mistake at the four last flight, sticking to her task well in the straight.