The weekend ended with two decent results for my selections. At Galway Minella Melody finished 2nd the 13/8 chance was ridden well on the run in but couldn't make any impression on the easy winner Beacon Edge who came home by 4 3/4 lengths. At Wexford Ask Nile was 5th the 4/1 joint favourite chased the leaders until 5 out when he began to drop back and with no extra pace he saw Scoir Mear win the race by 6 lengths.
The brand new racing week begins with meetings at Galway and Wexford on Monday. The headline race at Galway is at 1.20 when a field of 7 begin the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden. La Joconde has had three runs this year her last at The Curragh 15 days ago where she was a very good 3rd this promising newcomer has improved with every race and will be difficult to beat here. Queens Speech makes her debut in this race and being an Aiden O'brien runner she should be highly respected. The other one in with a chance is Magic Carousel who has been an outsider in both her runs this year but showed promise when finishing 2nd at Tipparary 23 days ago where she went off at 400/1 despite this she is the best of the other runners in this one.
The days other big race is at Wexford at 3.15 when just 4 start the M.W. Hickey Memorial Chase. There are two standout horses who should dispute the top two places, Milan Native is hoping to win his third race in a row having won at the Cheltenham Festival back in March and he arrives here following a career best victory at Galway 19 days ago where he just about held on to win crossing the line a short head in front. The only real opposition is Minella Indo who has only run twice this year winning at Navan in January and finishing a very good second when last seen also at the Cheltenham Festival these two will be very difficult to beat but if your looking for an outsider then Turbojet is worth a look his last run was a win at Leopardstown 7 months ago where he won by 11 lengths this one definitely won't be as easy and he should only really be fighting for 3rd or 4th place.
Big race predictions: Galway 1.20: 4: La Joconde Wexford 3.15: 1: Minella Indo.
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