Horse racing tips: Good opportunity for Ides of August at Ballinrobe

Ides Of August and Colin Keane win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden from Southern Cape (far side) at Leopardstown. Photo: Healy Racing

The Ger Lyons-trained Ides Of August looks the one to beat in the featured KPMG Handicap on the opening day of Ballinrobe’s two-day July meeting.

A More Than Ready gelding, whose only success came, on debut, at Leopardstown last summer, he is the only three-year-old in today’s six-strong field. But he has performed creditably in most of his outings this season and has been found a good opportunity here.