Irish weekend tips: Step up in trip should suit Santonito at Naas
Flame Bearer can make a winning debut over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners’ Chase at Naas on Sunday. Picture: Healy Racing
Naas hosts a good card Saturday afternoon and Santonito can get off the mark over timber in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle. Gordon Elliott’s horse took four goes to get off the mark in bumpers, and all of that form stacks up well.
He made his hurdling debut in the middle of last month and the pedestrian pace was all against him and he did well to finish fourth behind the high-class Marine Nationale.
