King looking to get back on track in Kingdom

Killarney Preview: It's almost three years since Find The King last won a race but the Edward O'Grady-trained horse can bridge…

Killarney Preview: It's almost three years since Find The King last won a race but the Edward O'Grady-trained horse can bridge the gap at Killarney tonight.

Find The King was actually off the track completely for two years until reappearing in April and the last of his three comeback starts was an encouraging effort when fourth over hurdles at Tralee recently.

He returns to the Kingdom county this evening for the two mile flat handicap but the switch should be no bother to Find The King who has four career flat wins as well as two over hurdles and one over fences.

A mark of 61 is well below what he was capable of winning off in his pomp and there was enough in that last start to suggest he isn't far off challenging successfully again.

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The Mallow trainer Eugene O'Sullivan runs Two Excuses in the second 11 furlong handicap and Colm O'Donoghue's mount enjoys a significant pull in the weights with King Rama for a narrow defeat at Roscommon and is set to go one better.

Tommy Stack always likes to have a winner in his native Kerry and the trainer's juvenile fillies are in form so the newcomer Family Focus will provoke some interest in the two year old auction maiden.

Master Ofthe Chase ran a nice race behind Zeroberto on the flat at the Curragh over the Derby weekend and that should put him just right for a return to fences in the conditions chase.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

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