Action at Thurles this afternoon sees the Gigginstown House Stud team very much to the fore on the seven-race card.

The opening two races are chases and the Killinan Beginners Chase sees a pair of Gigginstown-owned runners do battle, with Henry de Bromhead’s Game Of War against the Gordon Elliott-trained Sir Carno

Sir Carno may just get the better of things today, having had the benefit of a recent chase debut run when fourth at Punchestown recently. A previous course winner, he is open to plenty more progression being a five-year-old and has a fitness edge over Game Of War who has his first start since winning a Downpatrick hurdle in May.

Gigginstown and Elliott’s Eclair De Beaufeu should take all the beating in the Cahir Maiden Hurdle, having finished third and second in Cork maiden hurdles on his latest two starts, while stablemate Extrapolate contests the Holycross Maiden Hurdle and has his chance, having previously finished second in a pair of course bumper runs.

The Joseph O’Brien-trained, Gigginstown-owned Commandant bids to follow up last week’s course and distance win under a fixed 6lbs penalty in the Templemore Handicap Hurdle and can also go close.

Gigginstown have no involvement in the concluding Thurles Handicap Hurdle, where the best bet may be the Elliott-trained Askari a son of Sea The Stars who has been running well recently and is now tried in first-time blinkers.