Greyscape hard to oppose

Greyscape will be strongly fancied to get off the mark at his third attempt in today’s opener in Cork, the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Auction Maiden.

Patrick Prendergast’s colt shaped with promise on his debut at the Curragh on the opening day of the season, beaten little more than three lengths in sixth spot behind State Of Emergency and Saturday’s impressive Navan winner Bebhinn.

Greyscape then went to Tipperary and, having shown good speed, got the better of Hazelnott (which had finished ahead of him at the Curragh), before Jim Bolger’s debutant Taisce Naisiunta swept past for victory. With that experience under his belt, it should take a smart newcomer to beat Greyscape.