On Wednesday my selection Elizabethan was 2nd. The 3/1 joint favourite was prominent throughout and was 4th just before the straight, however she couldn't find any room in the pack and switched over to the right a furlong out. She kept on at the same pace after allowing the other joint favourite Queenship to pull away and win by 5 lengths.
Thursday is our second day at Gowran Park where the highlight is the 4.35 when 6 line-up for the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Turf Race. Liffey River didn't show his best form when 7th in the Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown back in September, however his two runs before that were a second here at Gowran Park on debut and a win at Punchestown and he should be taken seriously. Vafortino is a useful horse who picked up 2 wins from 7 runs last year,he ran well to finish 3rd when last seen at Naas in October and will be the main challenger here. Roman Empire is the other threat he won over this course and race distance in October and despite being off 171 days he is open to improvement and should not be overlooked. Looking at the rest of this small field Erzindjan stands out his last win was at Cork back in August and despite finishing 7th on his handicap debut at The Curragh 18 days ago he can still give a good account of himself here.
Big race prediction: 5: Liffey River.
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