Gowran and Ballinrobe tips: True Artist should be tough to beat in maiden

True Artist (nearside) is beaten by Amazed By Grace at The Curragh in March. Picture: Healy Racing

Runner-up in the Madrid on the opening day of the season off a mark of 77, the Ger O’Leary-trained True Artist should be tough to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction Maiden which opens Gowran Park’s two-day midweek meeting today.

A Mastercratsman gelding, likely to appreciate the ease in ground conditions, he showed promise as a juvenile ending his campaign with a third to Hector De Maris in a Naas nursery in November.