Irish tips: Beret Rouge poised to get off the mark over hurdles

The selection is returning after a near-six-month absence. 

Beret Rouge, seen here winning at  Listowel last June, has strong claims at Ballinrobe.  Picture: Healy Racing

With a blank day Saturday in Ireland, there are two meetings Friday, and Beret Rouge can get off the mark over hurdles in the opening race in Ballinrobe, the Bowers Bar & Restaurant Mares’ Maiden Hurdle.

Willie Mullins’ seven-year-old won’t make universal appeal on her return to jumping as, in three previous outings over timber, the obstacles certainly got in her way.