There have been plenty of Cheltenham winners on show at Aintree this week, but one Festival hero takes a different path and heads to Gowran Park.
Windsor Park struck in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle last month, handing out a three-and-three-quarter-length beating to Parlour Games.
In the immediate aftermath, Dermot Weld revealed plans to campaign him on the level, and he has been true to his word, with the www.gowranpark.ie For Best Offers Race next on his agenda.
He is unbeaten in two previous Flat starts but this is no penalty kick by any means, with Shu Lewis and Domination possessing three-figure official ratings, while Dark Crusader was good enough to take second in Group Three company last summer.
Deontas also kept good company in 2014, struggling to land a blow in a couple of Listed heats, but the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden should be much more to her liking.
Her trainer Jim Bolger will also have high hopes for Just Be Lucky, who ran behind top prospects Zawraq and Sir Isaac Newton last term and reappears against interesting newcomers Eisenhower and Serefeli in the Societies Welcome At Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden.
The latter's Weld-trained stable companion Joailliere is a half-sister to the trainer's classy filly Carla Bianca, and the master of Rosewell has opted to start this Irish 1,000 Guineas and Irish Oaks entrant off in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at 2.20pm.
Dancingwithangels and Annadiamond bring recent all-weather success to the Family Fun Day June 21st Apprentice Handicap, but there is little winning form to go on in the Ladies Day June 20th Handicap and it could pay to concentrate on one of the handful of handicap debutants.
Hammermann was well supported prior to finishing fourth on his Dundalk comeback and is sure to attract attention again before the Racings Best Offer 19 Euros Silver Package Handicap.
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