Harry Rogers won the £20,000 Dawn Milk Handicap Hurdle last year as a rider on Cairncross; this year he looks set to win it with his trainer's hat on.
The Ardee, Co Louth, handler has begun to make a mark in his new career in the last few months, and there can have been few more impressive winners in that period than Joe Bosky at Killarney.
The Rogers horse won what appeared a competitive handicap with contemptuous ease. Ruby Walsh was pulling him up half a furlong out and he still ran out 12 lengths clear of Multeen Jet.
There is no gauging what Joe Bosky had in hand, but Walsh is back on board today and, despite possible doubts about the ground, he definitely looks one to keep on the right side of.
The Premier Nursery is predictably trappy and the old theory of when in doubt, go with the top-weight looks to apply.
Anzari benefited from an increased stamina test at Roscommon to put five easy lengths between himself and the subsequent festival winner La Rosetta, and should relish the hill despite 9.7 on his back.
The Dermot Weld-trained Heated Debate will attract support and maybe she along with Flying Boat could be the main dangers.
Weld, however, should be on the mark in the mile maiden with the Lear Fan colt Sharp Focus, who should have no trouble with the going and ran a promising debut fourth to Broche and Ciro at the Curragh.
Although Viking Buoy burst on his last start behind Moscow Express at Tipperary, he could be worth a small wager in the handicap chase, while Superior Malt, who beat the subsequent Dundalk winner Tawny Owl at Down Royal, could be the value bet in the bumper.
Tomorrow, professionals and amateurs alike could be forgiven for taking an intake of breath on the seventh and last day of the Galway festival, but eight races and a total of 132 runners mean it will have to be a quick one.
Noel Meade may have had a relatively quiet time in the first half of the festival, but that can change with a vengeance. The £30,000 Eircell Handicap sees the course winner Midnight Lover with a good chance of winning this season at the third time of asking.
A promising debut at the Curragh was followed by a running-on second to Speed Merchant at Tipperary, which at least showed last season's three-time winner will act on the going.
The joint top-weight, Social Harmony, looks an obvious danger on his second to Oyster Catcher at the Curragh, but has been upped in the weights for that, and the McDonogh third Royal South must also be considered, although the trip may be a little short.
Meade can also take the maiden hurdle with Admiral Wings, who should be able to confirm Tuesday's form with Quintus. There were three-and-a-half lengths between them when they filled the places behind the high class Stage Affair, and this track could be more to Admiral Wings' liking.
The two divisions of the Networker Handicap Hurdle allows some relatively moderate horses the chance of a big pot, and after a good sixth from out of the handicap in the Galway Hurdle, Experimental deserves it in the first part. The teak tough Back To Bavaria could be the solution to the second part off a light weight.
