19:00
Galway Apprentice Handicap (45-70)
1m 4f 42y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: Turf
Draw Advantage: NoneSEA APPEAL had recent wide-margin winner Ben Siegel back in a dead-heat for second when winning readily over a furlong shorter at Killarney in July. He races off a 7lb higher mark here and just gets in off the ceiling rating, while a decent draw should help the Fastnet Rock gelding secure a handy position. Celestial Horizon is another improving three-year-old and he's up 10lb for a facile win over 1m6f at Navan. The drop in trip is probably not ideal and he's drawn wide, but he still looks a big danger. Top-weight La Hacienda ran two solid races here at the Festival and is another to consider in a first-time tongue-tie, while the veteran Powersbomb comes into it on his second at Roscommon last month. Final Endeavour is better than he showed last time and was a C&D winner last October.
SEA APPEAL had recent wide-margin winner Ben Siegel back in a dead-heat for second when winning readily over a furlong shorter at Killarney in July. He races off a 7lb higher mark here and just gets in off the ceiling rating, while a decent draw should help the Fastnet Rock gelding secure a handy position. Celestial Horizon is another improving three-year-old and he's up 10lb for a facile win over 1m6f at Navan. The drop in trip is probably not ideal and he's drawn wide, but he still looks a big danger. Top-weight La Hacienda ran two solid races here at the Festival and is another to consider in a first-time tongue-tie, while the veteran Powersbomb comes into it on his second at Roscommon last month. Final Endeavour is better than he showed last time and was a C&D winner last October.