Dublin Racing Festival day one tips: Good Land can strike in opening race
BRIGHT PROSPECT: Good Land, right, looked the part when winning at Leopardstown at Christmas and can make a successful return to the Foxrock venue today. Picture: Healy Racing
Four Grade Ones get the 2023 Dublin Racing Festival off to the best possible start and in Saturday’s feature, the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup, Galopin Des Champs puts his perfect record in completed outings over fences on the line and should have little trouble defending it.
Trained by Willie Mullins, who is almost certain to dominate the weekend’s proceedings, he really hasn’t much to prove against Saturday’s opposition and ought to come home comfortably clear, with his stablemate, Stattler, likely to chase him home.
