Dundalk & Downpatrick tips: Leadership Race to appreciate return to all-weather
Beacon Edge (left) has been found a great opportunity to get his season off to a winning start at Downpatrick. Picture: Healy Racing Photo
A return to the all-weather can effect a turnaround in Leadership Race’s fortunes, and he gets the nap to take the Dundalkstadium.com Handicap despite the wide draw.
Ger Lyons’ horse won two handicaps here late last year but was unlucky in both outings on the turf this season, finishing strongly on both occasions but never quite getting there. The first of those two resulted in him finishing third, beaten just a length, behind subsequent Group 1 winner Champers Elysees, and the second resulted in being beaten just a neck behind Beauchamp Bagenal.
