Thursday was a good prediction day,at Thurles The Bosses Oscar won he went into the lead 2 out and despite hampering the second placed horse Rightplacerightime in the final 100 yards the 5/2 shot came home by 2 1/4 lengths. At Navan Jesse Evans was 2nd in a very close finish the 15/8 favourite led heading towards the final furlong but under mounting pressure he was passed by the 7/2 chance llmig and finished 1/2 length behind.
We end the racing week with meetings at Sligo and Dundalk on Friday where there are two features. The first is the 4.53 at Sligo when 10 start the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle. Face The Odds has only run twice this year a 6th placed finish at Thurles and a second last time out at Downpatrick where he was 6 lengths behind the winner but if he pushes on and finds some extra pace he will be the one to beat here. Desire De Joie has yet to win in his career and was below form when finishing 5th at Navan back in March but if he reproduces the kind of run that saw him finish 3rd at Punchestown in February he will definitely challenge. Two others that could upset the odds are Captain MC who's last race was a 2nd at Downpatrick 35 days ago although he will have to significantly improve as he finished 9 1/2 lengths behind in that run while One For Joe is the outsider to look at,his last run was over this races 3 mile distance at Listowel 33 days ago where he finished a below form 4th.
The days other feature is at Dundalk at 6.15 when 17 begin the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden. Zozimus was an excellent second at The Curragh 26 days ago he only missed out on victory by a short head and another run like that here will make him difficult to beat. Bears Hug has only run twice both on this Dundalk course finishing 3rd two weeks ago and he should give another good account of himself in this one. Always Waitin made his debut at Cork 37 days ago where he finished a very good 3rd and he is definitely one who could challenge the leaders so should not be ruled out while Offiah and Soring Sky both make there debuts here and both representing powerful yards means they should be considered.
Big race predictions: Sligo 4.53: 6: Face The Odds Dundalk 6.15: 5: Zozimus.
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