True Solitaire can shine for Dermot Weld

Galway’s seven-day festival gets underway with a very competitive evening meeting, and True Solitaire earns the nap to take the Claregalwayhotel.ie EBF Maiden for Dermot Weld.

The half-brother to connections’ dual Group 3 winner Carla Bianca caught the eye in defeat on debut, when he finished runner-up behind Turret Rocks.

On Thursday last the winner gave the form a real boost when finishing third behind Tanaza and Alice Springs, in a fillies’ Group 3, from which the first two home are long-odds favourites for the Newmarket 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks.