Course specialist set to round off the evening in style at Dundalk

Halsafari
3.35 Wexford
1pt win
Plenty for everybody in Ireland on Friday with Wexford hosting the first turf evening meeting of the year and it's not a bad card at all.

The opening Welcome To Wexford Racecourse Rated Novice Hurdle (3.35) is a competitive looking contest with most of the main fancies tackling the 3m trip for the first time.

One of those is the Michael Bowe-trained Halsafari, although he is a much improved performer, having beaten today's rival Deal With It in a Fairyhouse maiden hurdle before landing a novice event at Limerick last month. He gives the impression of a horse that will progress further upped in trip and should be hard to beat.