Mallow Tips: Roconga will take plenty of beating

Two good meetings this afternoon, and the best bet comes in the shape of Roconga, who will take beating in the Mallow Hospital Maiden Hurdle.

Eddie O’Grady’s horse displayed promise in four runs in 2014, but clearly showed he had benefitted from a lay-off when returning to land a bumper in Clonmel in May. He came up against a very smart sort, Tesseract, next time, but was far from disgraced in failing to concede 8lbs to the four-year-old.

Back over hurdles this afternoon, it’s reasonably safe to suggest he can translate his improved form to this discipline, in which case he is the one to beat.