Friday, May 02, 2008

Irish racing this evening

There are 2 Irish meetings this evening, all-weather racing at Dundalk and a mixed meeting at Cork. Ther best race is the listed Cork Stakes over 6 furkoings at 18.50 CET, in which British raider Tax Free (David and Adrian Nicholls) will be trying to improve his impressive foreign record. He is the best horse in the field, but has to shoulder top-weight and may not be suited by thre yielding going. The lightly-raced Finicius (Eoin Griffin/ Declan McDonogh) and the much improved Mojito Royale (Eoin Doyle/ DMGrant) both look dangerous under these conditions. The Grade Three handicap chase here at 20.20 looks wide open, but Third Level Tom (Chartlie Byrnes/ Niall Madden) and Clarkey (Christy Roche/ Alan Crowe) were both runners-up last time and should go close. At Dundalk, Vincenzo Galileo (Ger Lyons/ Kevin Latham) is clear best on ratings in the 10 furlongs conditions race at 22.40 and ought to win with ease.