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Neverushacon could send me home happy after a brilliant week at Ballybrit

Jessica Harrington: the in-form handler runs Whirling Dervish at Cork on Saturday
Jessica Harrington: the in-form handler runs Whirling Dervish at Cork on SaturdayCredit: Patrick McCann

We've done it! We have made it to Sunday. Six days down, just one to go. We're still standing. It has been another great week in Galway. The weather didn't play ball, it was wicked at times, but the crowds came and there was a buzz around Ballybrit you would struggle to find at any other meeting in Ireland for the rest of 2017.

It would be fantastic to finish the week off with a winner and my best chance is with Neverushacon in the 2m2f handicap chase (5.00).

This is an ideal race for Neverushacon as two miles might be a bit too sharp for him and two and a half stretches his stamina. I had a good look at the calendar after he ran so well in a hot handicap chase at the Punchestown Festival over two miles in April and this looked the perfect race for him. He has most certainly been trained for the race.

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