Killarney and Kilbeggan tips: Timiyan can lose maiden tag over fences
Although he will be an unbackable price, it will be great to see Malone Road back on the track this evening in Kilbeggan. Unbeaten in a point to point and two bumpers, he has been off the track for 642 days and makes his hurdling debut in the Hurley Family Maiden Hurdle. He is sure to be left short for his first day back but hopefully he can show the same sort of promise he displayed in bumpers.
Of the opposition, the Charles Byrnes-trained Narynkol is most interesting. Formerly with Denis Hogan, for whom his sole success came in an all-weather maiden, he ran well on his only outing on soft ground in Britain before joining Hogan and that gives rise to hope that he will cope with today’s conditions. His half-brother, Naizagai, made a winning debut over hurdles a fortnight ago and it shouldn’t be too long before he follows suit.
