DARDJINI, highly regarded by trainer Noel Meade, reappeared after a long absence to short head Family Way in a two-mile handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse last month. He will not be easily beaten in tomorrow's Carey Bros Vista/Therm Hurdle at Thurles.
The consistent Man Of Arran won a beginners' chase by 15 lengths here last month. He, rather than King Of Kerry, may give Dardjini most to do.
Iced Honey, who beat the subsequent Punchestown winner, Gravity Gate, in a handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse, may prove too good for Welsh Grit in the Dromineer Handicap Hurdle.
In the absence of Hemisphere, who is expected to run today, the Nenagh Handicap Chase may be won by Wacko Jacko; and Three Scholars may be the best bet for the Munster INH Stallion Owners Maiden Hurdle.
. High class novice Berude Not To left his supporters suffering heart failure before justifying prohibitive odds of 1 to 6 at Doncaster yesterday. With four apparently modest rivals in opposition, the seven-year-old seemed to face a simple task in the Red Rum Novices' Chase.
But victors appeared far from a formality as he ballooned his fences and trailed by a substantial distance at the halfway stage behind the front-running Key To Moyade. Eventually warming to his task, Berude Not To began jumping more fluently for Jamie Osborne and took charge with three to go.
