Lake Field can go one better despite top weight at Tramore

On a competitive card at Tramore this afternoon, Lake Field can defy top weight in the two-mile handicap hurdle.

The subject of a huge gamble (7-1 to 2-1fav) on his most recent start at Thurles, connections clearly knew he was capable of being competitive of his mark of 87, and he was possibly a little unlucky to run into a well-handicapped sort in the shape of the Ruby Walsh-ridden Micras.

Touched off that day, on what was his first run of the season, Shay Barry’s six-year-old looks a potentially progressive sort.