Jessie Harrington’s prospect has bloomed over fences and looks the best value on Saturday’s card in front of the TV cameras
There are British punters who never so much as peek inside the Irish form book outside of Cheltenham week, but such hidebound attitudes must be abandoned now the action in this country has been stilled.
The ITV4 cameras will be at Thurles to show five races from an absorbing card full of the names we were bandying around just last week, including Jessica Harrington, who can land the big race with Sizing Pottsie (3.10). A powerful looking animal, he has apparently been held in high regard since arriving at the yard, which is as it should be for a horse that cost €220,000 and comes from the family of Escartefigue.
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Thurles
1.40 Fakiera 2.10 Moyhenna 2.40 Hide Out (nb) 3.10 Sizing Pottsie (nap) 3.40 Trumps Ace 4.10 Max Dynamite 4.40 Major Robinson