Sligo tips: Progressive Flicker Of Hope can complete hat-trick

Ellen Kelly can get the better of Jana Colombe, a half-sister to Gerri Colombe, in the bumper

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL: Flicker Of Hope, right, en route to winning at Wexford last month. He can strike agaiin by winning at Sligo on Tuesday. Picture: Healy Racing 

A fifth consecutive day of National Hunt racing, this time with Sligo playing host to a low-grade programme on which the progressive Flicker Of Hope can complete a hat-trick by taking the Glasshouse Hotel Qualified Riders’ Handicap Hurdle.

Mark Fahey’s five-year-old gelding made the breakthrough with a good performance in a handicap at Clonmel and made light of a 9lb higher mark when following up at Wexford.