Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Datt is the one for me
AN all-the-way winner on her debut at Leopardstown, Oodnadatta should prove tough to beat in the opener in Killarney today.
From Jessica Harrington’s formidable team of juveniles, the daughter of Australia looked a smart prospect when seeing off Minaun and Meala in that Leopardstown maiden.
Since then, Minaun has gone on to give Henry de Bromhead a first Group 3 success, in Cork’s Marble Hill Stakes, while Meala was touched off at Leopardstown on Thursday and the sixth Shale scored at Gowran Park also on Wednesday.
Today, Oodnadatta must shoulder a penalty in a competitive seven-runner field, which includes two other debut winners, Snapraeterea and No Stopping Her and the fascinating Ballydoyle debutant Sir Lucan, a fullbrother to Sir Dragonet.
Although fast ground would be a concern, the Ger Lyons-trained Thunder Kiss is napped to make it thirdtime-lucky in the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction Fillies Maiden.
The featured Cairn Rouge Stakes looks wide-open, with a trio of three-year-old fillies, Bearberry, Kassaba and Sunday Sweet coming into the race on the back of recent maiden wins.
But the one I like, each-way, is Henry de Bromhead’s four-year-old Inhale, formerly trained in England by Amanda Perrett and Michael Bell.
Elsewhere, Roscommon stages a seven-race jumps card this afternoon. And Gordon Elliott and Davy Russell should double-up with Recent Revelations and I’m A Game Changer.
Fourth in the Boodles at Cheltenham and runner-up to Barrington Court at Tipperary last time, Recent Revelations will appreciate dropping back to the minimum trip in the Thanks To All Our Frontline Workers Hurdle.
And, also dropping in trip, having bumped into Polished Steel at Tipperary, I’m A Game Changer looks good in the Oran Chase.