RACING: SATURDAY'S DASH from Newmarket to Paris yielded a Group One win for Joseph O'Brien on Imperial Monarch and the jockey can also make the most of a quick trip between Dundalk and Killarney this evening.
The classic-winning rider is set for seven booked rides at this afternoon’s additional all-weather fixture in Co Louth and has little more than a couple of hours to get to Co Kerry for two more mounts.
They include Thursday’s impressive Leopardstown winner Beach Of Falesa who carries a mandatory 5lb penalty in a four-runner handicap while his other ride on day one of Killarney’s July festival, Happy Anniversary, can complete a quick hat-trick.
Ronan Whelan looks a significant booking in the apprentice handicap for Inis Meain.
It’s a couple of years since this one’s sole flat run to date and he gets in here off a mark of just 47.
That looks attractive for a horse capable of reaching a 130 level over hurdles last winter.
His Excellency looked to like Killarney’s fences on his chasing debut in May and Gordon Elliott’s decision to pitch the mercurial four-year-old into the two-mile handicap chase has to be noted.
At Dundalk, another Joseph O’Brien runner to examine is Xsquared who can defy a 12lb penalty in the first division of the 10 furlong handicap.
Back on the artificial surface, Suehail looks the one to be on in the mile handicap.
