It was a mixed day for my selections on Saturday with just one winning. In the 2.35 Lustown Baba was 11th.The 13/2 chance was a little slow away and sat 6th 3 out,he weakened in the final furlong dropping back with the 9/4 favourite Lancaster House winning. In the 3.10 Broome won,the 1/2 favourite chased the leaders early and was 5th 3 furlongs from the finish. He was pushed along entering the straight and soon led staying on well in the closing stages coming home by 1/2 a length.
Sunday sees two meetings with 7 races at Tramore and 8 at Dundalk. The highlight of Tramore's card comes at 3.48 when 11 line-up for the Green Acre Marketing Handicap Chase. Something Sweet was a very good second on her season return at Clonmel 17 days ago,she was 3 lengths behind the winner and would have finished closer but for a mistake at the last but she still gets the nod here. Batcio was a creditable 3rd on his last run at Navan 36 days ago he did lead approaching the last but faded on the run-in,despite that a repeat will see him in the mix. The other danger is Game Of War who was a 5 1/2 length 2nd when last seen at Limerick at the end of March,he was no match for the winner Midnight Maestro that day but being reunited with Rachael Blackmore here means he has a good chance to go one better. Over at Dundalk the main contest is the 4.05 when 8 start the Hollywoodbets Proud To Support Irish Racing Handicap. Alhaazm looks like the one to beat here as he looks for his fourth win in a row,he completed his hat-trick with his career best victory on this course 30 days ago. He is improving with every run and should win again. Leadership Race is a course and distance winner who was second when Alhaazm last won. Since then he was a respectable 5th at Leopardstown a week ago and is the main danger. The other threat is Sunset Nova who also enjoys Dundalk picking up his latest win here in February, he was also a very creditable 2nd here over this races distance on his last outing 23 days ago so he definitely has solid claims and it wouldn't be a surprise if he won. The only other one with a good chance is Eglish a 3-time course and distance winner who picked up 5 victory's from 16 runs last year. He was a creditable 2nd here 23 days ago and is hard to rule out.
Big race predictions: Tramore: 9: Something Sweet Dundalk: 4: Alhaazm.
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