The annual jamboree on the Laytown beach returns on Tuesday evening and the Balmarino Handicap gets the thrills and spills under way at 5.00pm.
Dermot Weld is represented by the bottom weight Powerful Presence, but this lightly-raced four-year-old has done his racing over much further so far, a comment that also applies to Shane Donohoe's Star Links, who found only Cristal Island too good in a one mile handicap at Wexford on his most recent outing.
A better option for punters could be the Tom Hogan-trained Lovestoned, who has held his form well since winning over this trip at Naas during the summer, although his sole outing on sand yielded precious little at Dundalk last November.
Weld is likely to harbour higher hopes for Northern Rocked in the Gilna's Cottage Inn Maiden.
The gelded son of Refuse To Bend lost little in defeat when second at Killarney last time and could prove too sharp for the Gordon Elliott-trained Makhaaleb - a recent scorer at Down Royal - and David Marnane's Hampstead Heath, who has mainly been running over fences this year.
Like Magic is the sole last-time-out scorer in the www.angloprinters.ie Claiming Race but it would be folly to overlook the Ger Lyons-trained pair of Romeo's On Fire and Cosmic Breeze, as well as Philip Rothwell's eased-in-class Ma Ani.
Born To Excel was rewarded for his consistency when winning at Gowran Park last month and seems sure to make his presence felt again in the ladbrokes.com (Q.R.) Handicap, with He's Got Rhythm and Marnane's Qadar also expected to feature prominently in the finish.
The Niall Madden-trained The Hamptons looks a solid proposition in the O'Neills Sports Handicap, despite the burden of top weight, while it would be no surprise to see Dahindar make his class count in the concluding Hibernia Steel (Q.R.) Race.
