Age allowance can help Whiteout score
The Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old, who contests the Pat Walsh Memorial Mares’ Hurdle, made her debut over hurdles at this track, in February, and duly ran out an easy winner from Zafayan.
She won twice in her next four outings over timber, and comes here still very much unexposed. Last time out she reverted to the flat for the Ulster Cesarewitch, in which she dead-heated with He’llberemembered.
That was also her first win on good ground, which is a positive as she’ll likely have to deal with similar conditions today.
Officially second-highest rated in this race, she enjoys a handy age allowance, and is expected to prove too smart for her rivals.
The biggest danger may come from stable companion Daisy’s Gift, who was below her best last time, but a repeat of her narrow defeat at the hooves of Sandymount Duke would put her in the mix.
Race six is the most competitive on the card, but Steel Wave looks the type to defy an 8lb rise for his handicap victory at Galway.
The manner in which he cruised through the field and overcame some traffic problems that day suggests there’s plenty more to come from him.
Paul Townend, who rode him so confidently on that occasion, is on board once more, and the partnership can score at the expense of No Kidding.
The action at Dundalk gets underway at 5.35pm and Somebodytoldme can get punters off to a flyer by taking the median auction maiden for trainer Michael Mulvany.
On the most recent of her three outings, the daughter of Bushranger ran the useful Know to a head, an effort which earned her a mark of 80.
There’s no reason to believe she can’t build on that and, as that is the standard, she should be very hard to beat.
The danger may come from Roc Of Gold, who wasn’t without her supporters when a close third behind Ms Brinkleys on her second and most recent outing.
With improvement, she’ll give the selection something to think about.
In the Injuredjockeys.com race, Stroll Patrol can make a winning all-weather debut.
Formerly trained in Britain, he has looked a smart prospect since joining Johnny Murtagh, winning once in five outings, and finishing fourth in a Listed and a Group 3 race.
A son of Mount Nelson, whose progeny do well on the all-weather, it’s unlikely we’ve seen the very best of him, and he can take this decent prize.
