20:40
Hop House 13 Handicap (50-75)
1m 6f 14y
Going: Good to Yielding
Surface: Turf
Draw Advantage: NoneINDIGO DESERT is very interesting here on his first outing since joining Willie Mullins. The Exceed And Excel gelding was last seen winning a Dundalk maiden last December and is very lightly raced so open to plenty of improvement. He still looked green, wandering in the closing stages, when beating Mads Black Eights that day and could be better than his initial mark of 75. Unanswered was a fast-finishing second here on Wednesday and could be a big player again. He remains on the same mark but dropping back a couple of furlongs around here may not be ideal judged on his performance two days ago. The Ballydoyle filly Cherub hinted at ability first time up at Dundalk before finishing mid-division in a couple of stronger maidens. Market moves for her on her handicap debut would be noteworthy. Silent Prayer, a John Magnier-owned filly trained by Dermot Weld, is another handicap debutante worth noting off a handy enough mark.
INDIGO DESERT is very interesting here on his first outing since joining Willie Mullins. The Exceed And Excel gelding was last seen winning a Dundalk maiden last December and is very lightly raced so open to plenty of improvement. He still looked green, wandering in the closing stages, when beating Mads Black Eights that day and could be better than his initial mark of 75. Unanswered was a fast-finishing second here on Wednesday and could be a big player again. He remains on the same mark but dropping back a couple of furlongs around here may not be ideal judged on his performance two days ago. The Ballydoyle filly Cherub hinted at ability first time up at Dundalk before finishing mid-division in a couple of stronger maidens. Market moves for her on her handicap debut would be noteworthy. Silent Prayer, a John Magnier-owned filly trained by Dermot Weld, is another handicap debutante worth noting off a handy enough mark.