Sister Blandina is on a hat-trick mission in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Connacht Oaks Fillies Handicap at Sligo on Wednesday night.

Johnny Murtagh's filly made a successful visit to Bath back in May and after suffering defeat at Ballinrobe, backed up a Fairyhouse win at Killarney.

She must race from out of the handicap, though, and faces a stiffer calibre of opponent, including Ringside Humour, who was beaten less than a length into third on the second of two runs at last week's Galway Festival.

Dermot Weld may have lost his Ballybrit crown to Willie Mullins but has plenty of decent chances on this card, not least with Alishan in the Glasshouse Hotel Handicap.

Following a victorious introduction, the son of Rock Of Gibraltar had the misfortune to bump into the upwardly mobile Qatari Hunter at the Curragh but still emerged with his reputation enhanced.

Weld is responsible for Orangey Red in the Darcy Contract Cleaning Services Rated Race.

The three-year-old glided through testing conditions to win a three-runner affair at this venue and the ground is forecast to be rain-softened again.

The Students Day 28th September Race may have only attracted a field of four but three are last-start winners, including the Weld-trained Sea Swift.

Landsman broke his duck by striding away with a Navan claimer, while My Brother got the job done over course and distance, and Aidan O'Brien's Immortal Bridge is also a major player because he got closest to subsequent Listed scorer Arya Tara at Roscommon.

The action gets under way at 6.00 with the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden, and Future Frontier has a shout if judged on his Bellewstown second rather than his subsequent Down Royal disappointment.

There is no winning form to go on in the Ladies Day At Sligo 4th August Nursery Handicap, but Weld's top-weight All Crazy Now has a visor applied for the first time so improvement is probable.