On Thursday my selection Sweet Sting was 4th she was 2nd 2 out but had nothing extra inside the final 100 yards and she was passed by Southerner,Eimear and the 14/1 winner Yaiza.
The racing week concludes with meetings at Downroyal and Dundalk on Friday. Downroyal begins the two day Ladbrokes Festival of Racing and there isn't one standout race with exciting runners in 5 of the 7 contests. In the opener at 12.40 Farouk D'Alene makes his jumping debut after winning his three starts on the flat his last at Naas in February was a close one where he came home by a head. The star name in the 1.15 is Queens Brook who was third at the Cheltenham Festival back in March and arrives here after a Victory at Fairyhouse earlier this month. At 1.50 the WKD Hurdle has three big runners,Abacadabras was runner up to Shishkin in the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham and begins his road back to the Festival here he is predicted to go one better in the 2021 Champion Hurdle, his two main rivals on Friday are Aspire Tower who was another Cheltenham runner up this year and Jason The Millitant who comes here looking for his third win in a row. All eyes will be on one horse in the 3.00 when the unbeaten Envoi Allen makes his debut over fences. He was last seen winning by 4 1/4 lengths at the Cheltenham Festival his 8th straight win and he should make it nine here,his main challenger should be January Jets who will need to find the form that saw him win at Galway in September to have any chance. The last race of the day at 4.10 sees the highly rated Chemical Energy make only his second appearance after an easy 10 length victory at Roscommon on debut in September,So you can see why it's difficult to pick just one race on the card.
The other meeting on Friday is at Dundalk where the big race is at 7.30 when 14 begin the Scarefest Competition On Instagram Handicap. A Step Too Far looks like the one to beat having won 6 times already this year her last was at The Curragh 33 days ago so it's hard to see past her in this one. Her main rivals are Geological who won this race last year and shouldn't be overlooked,Big Gossey who's last win was at The Curragh back in June and he was a creditable 5th on this course 2 weeks ago so he should not be taken lightly while Breakfast Club is respected after winning twice this year his last at Cork in September but this is really A Step Too Far's to loose.
Big race prediction: Dundalk 7.30:4: A Step Too Far.
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