16:18 Benbulben Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Race preview

RULER OF DUBAI has shown enough to suggest he can win this ordinary handicap. He has yet to win from eight starts but his handicap form this year has been encouraging and he ran a solid race when second at Downpatrick recently, with a reproduction of that effort likely to see him very much involved here. Point-to-point winner My Newbrook Rose won a similar race to this pre-lockdown at Thurles in March. She is well suited to testing ground and has obvious form claims after skipping an engagement at Thurles on Thursday. 93 rated top-weight Mossy White is also a previous point-to-point winner who also won a similar handicap hurdle from a 1lb higher mark also at Thurles last November. This race should be well within his ability but he has been well beaten on his recent runs, which is clearly a concern. Working Capitol is tried in first-time blinkers following a disappointing reappearance run recently, while Willyouwalkwithme has shown useful form in similar handicaps in recent months and could be open to a little more progression being a five-year-old.