Bellewstown and Clonmel tips: Frankie Dettori can strike on Trueba

The presence of Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer will attract interest

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Tommy Lyons

Eight meetings in Ireland over the next four days, starting with modest fare this afternoon at Bellewstown and Clonmel, though the presence of Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer at the former meeting will attract interest.

The best race of the day is the Bluegrass Horse Feeds Race, the sixth at Bellewstown, and Castletownbere can follow up his maiden success despite there being a couple of question marks.

He hasn’t been seen since his debut in May, when he overcame trouble in running to beat HMS Seahorse by the minimum margin. Well-backed that day, he would have won with a considerable amount in hand had he got a run a little earlier in the race.

That level of performance on debut was pretty smart and it’s not difficult to deduce that he could be capable of a mark with three figures, something which would put him nicely clear of today’s opposition.

Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer make the trip over for the Gannons City Recovery And Recycling Services Ltd Supporting DAFA Handicap and can fight out the finish, with preference for the former, who rides Trueba for Johnny Murtagh.

At Clonmel, Quarry Lil can secure a fourth victory at the track when she contests the Clonmel Mares’ Handicap Hurdle. Paul O’Flynn’s mare won a handicap here in March of 2020 and added two more at the track when winning here in January and March of this year. She was off for five months before her recent run at Galway and should be better for that run.

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