Recent Navan third can make quick return count at Limerick

Credit: Edward Whitaker

Watchman
3.45 Limerick
1pt win

Just three days after saddling Bear Claws and Watchman to finish first and third in a 1m2f handicap at Navan, Andy Oliver sends Watchman back into battle in an apprentice contest over a longer trip at Limerick.

In Wednesday's race Ronan Whelan had to scrub Watchman along mid-race, and he was never going as well as Bear Claws, who went second two furlongs out and got the better of long-time leader Early Strike.

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Published on 11 October 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:25, 12 October 2019

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