Smart money goes on the Rocks

Kinger Rocks has been installed as low as 6 to 1 favourite for the Guinness Galway Hurdle as Dermot Weld's team for the Ballybrit festival continues to gather strength.

Galway's most successful ever trainer already has the Plate favourite in Ansar, and Kinger Rocks is also a general market leader to bring off a potential big-race double for the Weld stable.

William Hill have opened their ante-post betting for the Hurdle with Kinger Rocks a 6 to 1 favourite to win and Cuan Na Grai rated the main danger at 8 to 1.

This afternoon's feature at the wind-up of Killarney's July festival is the Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle, which can see the smart flat mare Saintly Rachel make a successful return to jumping.

Charlie Swan's horse ran four times over hurdles in 2004 without success, but she has been keeping some serious company since then on the flat and Saintly Rachel looks a different proposition now.

Willie Mullins runs both Royal Heritage and Hollywood Law in the bumper, and the trainer's son, Patrick, looks to have got the best chance on board the latter, who was a comfortable winner at Gowran last month.

Fatherghent ran into a course specialist in Desert Kite at Downpatrick last week but that was a good run and the horse can go one better in the second division of the handicap hurdle.

GUINNESS GALWAY HURDLE BETTING

William Hill: 6 Kinger Rocks, 8 Cuan Na Grai, 10 Reisk Superman, 12 Shandon Star and The Last Hurrah, 14 bar.