In-form stable set to strike on a difficult afternoon

Leopardstown stage their penultimate meeting of the Flat season this afternoonCredit: Caroline Norris

No Needs Never
3.05 Leopardstown
2pts win
It is not the easiest afternoon to find winners at Leopardstown with a mixture of mostly maidens and handicaps plus a couple of stakes races thrown in for good measure that are not the simplest looking races to sort out.

However, the strong finish to the season being enjoyed by Joseph O'Brien could well continue this afternoon, beginning with No Needs Never in the feature Group 3 Killavullan Stakes (3.05).

An easy winner of a maiden at Down Royal in July, he was unlucky in running in a valuable sales race at Doncaster last month before stepping up again on that to readily account for today's rival Old Glory in the Listed Star Appeal Stakes at Dundalk.

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Justin O'HanlonReporter

Published on 19 October 2018inHorse racing tips

Last updated 18:02, 19 October 2018

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