Weekend racing preview: Expect Poetic justice at last at Gowran

A repeat of that run over this three-furlong shorter trip could see her make it 16th time lucky.
Private Policy and Paddy Cleary (right) win for owner Darren Byrne and trainer Nigel Slevin from Poetic Focus at Clonmel last month. Pic: Healy Racing

Private Policy and Paddy Cleary (right) win for owner Darren Byrne and trainer Nigel Slevin from Poetic Focus at Clonmel last month. Pic: Healy Racing

Poetic Focus could be worth waiting for in the second division of the Pat Carroll's Pub Kilkenny Mares Handicap Hurdle, the last of eight races at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Trained by Tipperary handler Andy Slattery, this week shortlisted for the National Hunt Achievement Award for a brilliant year highlighted by Grade One success with Fleur In The Park at Fairyhouse last April, Poetic Focus remains a maiden.

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