Happy Reunion can oblige

Michael Kinane has picked Dolce Dovo from the John Oxx-trained trio in today's mile and a quarter maiden at Clonmel but Happy…

Michael Kinane has picked Dolce Dovo from the John Oxx-trained trio in today's mile and a quarter maiden at Clonmel but Happy Reunion could prove to be the better Oxx option.

Fran Berry is on Happy Reunion this time, with John Murtagh on the 82-rated Sharatila, after she was a beaten favourite for Kinane at Galway over a mile and a half on her last start.

Happy Reunion faded up the hill behind Bling It On and the return to the distance over which she was runner-up at Cork in May could prove the key today. Golden Future got demoted from first place in his first hurdles start and found Haroni too good on the second but can make it third time lucky in today's juvenile hurdle. Bumper winner Rehill Lass looks the part in the maiden hurdle.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column