Irish previews It is a big day in Dundalk Stadium, where an eight-race horse racing programme tees up a greyhound card which includes one of the year’s highlights, the Bar One Irish Sprint Cup final. On the equine front, the Johnny Murtagh-trained Tangapour can build upon a promising start by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden. The Wootton Bassett colt made his debut last month at Leopardstown and was noted making good late progress into fifth place behind Green Impact.
The form received its first test just last weekend when runner-up Delacroix contested a Curragh maiden and he duly obliged. That victory was a nice boost to what already looked like a good maiden, as the winner, Green Impact, had been a shade unlucky on debut when beaten just a neck in a maiden from which he and three other runners won their maiden next time out. For a nice bit of symmetry, the selection takes on Bernard Shaw, who finished fourth in that maiden in which Green Impact was runner-up.
Both he and the selection are likely to step forward significantly and there shouldn’t be much between them, but Tangapour looks stronger at this trip and can come out on top. One of the more interesting runners on the card is the John Murphy-trained Convincing, who contests the Bar One Racing Price Boosts All Channels Apprentice Maiden. The three-year-old made his track debut last month at Killarney and came in for plenty of support.
He travelled like the best horse, looked likely to win early in the str.