Preview tramore 14th Aug

Tramore's seven-race Flat meeting starts at 5.20 with the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden and O'Bella Ballerina is John Oxx's sole representative on the card.

Despite being one of the more exposed runners in the field, the daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus has shown a fair level of form up to one mile six furlongs.

She takes a slight drop in trip here after just missing out to Don Leone at Killarney and that level of form sets the standard.

Valbucca has also had plenty of chance but she looked in need of a return to further when third behind Ice Empress over a mile last month.

Grangeclare Gold bids to enhance her tidy Flat record in the Starbets.ie Handicap.

The Dessie Hughes-trained mare, three times a winner over hurdles, got off the mark on the level at the second attempt in June and her mark of 77 looks workable.

Last-time-out scorers My Blue Heaven and Isabellareine are likely to provide the stiffest resistance.

Prince Chaparral has a career-high mark to overcome in the Madra Dog Foods Handicap but Pat Flynn's colt appeared to win with a bit to spare at Galway and could be up to the task.

His main danger may prove to be Salazaar, who is expected to appreciate the return to 12 furlongs.

Willie Mullins looks to have found a reasonable opening for Wee Giant, who bids to make up for Sligo losses in the Bookaroom.ie Handicap, while the relatively lightly raced L'Amour Toujours makes plenty of appeal in the www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden.

Maal and Final Flashback can fight it out in the www.thetote.com Claiming Race and Whitehead Lad could give Fammi Sognare plenty to think about in the McDonald Brothers Handicap.