Percy will not show any mercy

PROGRESSIVE Percy Veer may be capable of completing a hat-trick in the listed Paddy’s Rewards Club EBF Novice Hurdle in Cork tomorrow.

The Eric Mcnamaratrained six-year-old landed a similar contest at

Limerick last time, when powering clear in the closing stages to beat Calie Du Mesnil and two of tomorrow’s rivals Madison To Monroe and Getareason.

On 4lb worse terms,

Davy Russell’s mount should confirm that form and, having won over three miles in heavy ground at Listowel, this step-up in trip is not a concern.

The obvious threat is the Willie Mullins-trained Robin De Carlow, conqueror of Away In The West and her odds-on stable-companion Good Thyne Tara in a mares event in Limerick last time.

The 145-rated Robin Des Foret sets the standard in the Paddy Power EBF Novice Chase but might struggle to give 6lb to

Aidan Howard’s Galway winner Winter Escape.

And, in the featured, 20-runner Paddy Power Cork Grand National, each-way support of Gordon Elliott’s old warrior Rogue Angel should prove worthwhile.

Suited an extreme test of stamina, he finished sixth to Spiders Web in the Munster National last time and will keep going when others have cried enough over three and a half miles.