John's turn

Two attractive Sunday cards and a relatively moderate Saturday fixture seems to be a regular weekend diet for Irish race fans…

Two attractive Sunday cards and a relatively moderate Saturday fixture seems to be a regular weekend diet for Irish race fans these days and today's Fairyhouse fixture isn't about to break the rule.

Racegoers will also have to contend with limited facilities at the Co. Meath track as after the Easter festival work began on the redevelopment. As a result facilities are limited to the Jameson Stand and will remain so until November.

Access to all areas will be through the stand and to the right of that will be the new temporary parade ring.

It should be worth keeping an eye on Prospector John in the Chestnut Maiden. Fourth to the highly regarded High King at Leopardstown, the Satish Sanan owned horse should have improved from that and is preferred to Eternal Night.

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Forrestfield has found it difficult so far to get his head in front but he has been placed in his four races to date and arguably ran his best race yet when runner up to Better Think Again at the Punchestown festival. On the evidence of that, today's ground will be no problem to him and even though facing a couple of winners in Mighty Term and Laser Ride, Forrestfield is due a victory in the concluding bumper.

Blushing Sand didn't perform at all at Punchestown but Barry Cash's mount is better than that and could be worth an each way interest at a decent price in the handicap hurdle.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column