Ask Anything (right) winning at Down Royal© Photo Healy Racing
There is quality domestic action both on the Flat and over jumps today with €50,000 features at both Cork and Downpatrick with the Noblesse Stakes and the Ulster National.
The Randox Ulster National has been rescheduled at Downpatrick this evening after the original fixture was cancelled last month due to waterlogging and a maximum field of 15 go to post.
Gavin Cromwell has his team in great form at present with an across-the-card four-timer on Wednesday and Ask Anything looks set to go off favourite after being just denied in the valuable Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Chase Final at Navan last month.
The Danestown trainer has another strong contender in Peaches And Cream while Gordon Elliott’s trio is headed by Frontal Assault — a creditable fourth to Intense Raffles in the BoyleSports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.
The first on a seven-race evening card at Downpatrick gets underway at 4.20 and the going is currently described as good to yielding.
The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes is the highlight on an eight-race programme at Cork where the action begins at 1.40. Countess Of Tyrone a maiden winner for Paddy Twomey on her only start at the Galway Festival last summer, heads the overnight market while Trevaunance Sumiha and Thunder Roll are others for the shortlist in a competitive 1m4f Listed event.
The going at Cork is now soft, soft to heavy in places, following 8mm of rain overnight. The forecast is mainly dry with the possibility of further scattered showers (1-2mm).
