Galway Tips: Long Dog should take world of beating in day two opener

Having made such a good impression on his return, in a maiden hurdle at Sligo recently, Long Dog should take a world of beating in the opening Topaz Novice Hurdle on day two of the Galway Festival.

That victory came on good ground but, based on his sole outing on the Flat, in which he ran away with a maiden on soft ground, also at Sligo, he should have no trouble with today’s conditions.

Beaten on his hurdling debut at Fairyhouse last season, he made light of landing the odds earlier this month, and that outing is likely to have brought him on quite significantly.