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Noel Meade is hoping for a good run from his Gigginstown House Stud owned Daly Tiger in the featured €40,000 Boylesports This Is Betting Handicap Chase over two miles at Fairyhouse today.
The seven year old won a Grade B contest over an extended 2m3f at Punchestown last month and now faces ten rivals in the absence of A Wave Of The Sea.
The JP McManus-owned pair Entoucas and Off You Go along with the Jessica Harrington-trained Sizing Pottsie head the market in a competitive event with Daly Tiger generally a 5/1 chance.
“He’s in good form. I’m not sure bringing him back to two miles is a good idea but he’s rated high enough and the race suits him being a novice handicap," said Meade.
“He was so good at Punchestown that you would say he wants a bit further than two miles but he has plenty of pace.
“The ground will be testing and it will take a bit of getting.”
The Castletown trainer is hopeful that his stable jockey Sean Flanagan, who was sore following a fall at Tramore on Thursday, will ride at Fairyhouse.
He said at Punchestown on Friday, "Sean sent me a text this morning that he was sore after a fall yesterday in Tramore but he hopes to ride tomorrow.”
