Irish tips: Night Sparkle can outshine Punchestown rivals
READY TO STRIKE: Second at Down Royal earlier this month, The Mediator can go one better at Punchestown on Tuesday. Picture: Healy Racing
Sixteen races Tuesday afternoon in Ireland, stretching from the 1:45pm on the National Hunt card in Punchestown to the end of the 5:20pm on the level in Gowran Park. The nap comes early, in the shape of Night Sparkle, who contests the Summer In Town BBQ & Live Sports Weekend June 10 & 11 Maiden Hurdle, the second race at the Kildare venue.
A winner of one of her nine races on the Flat in Britain, she left Simon and Ed Crisford at the end of last season and joined Michael O’Callaghan, for whom she made her hurdling debut in late March at Naas. After travelling sweetly that day, she was a little outpaced after the last but ran on again close home to finish third to By Your Side.
