Dermot Weld hoping Imaging can add to his fine record in Concorde Stakes
Imaging represents Dermot Weld in the Group 3 Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes at Tipperary (2.30), a race the trainer has won 11 times.
The mount of Oisin Orr, Imaging, a dual Listed winner who also landed the Group 3 Gladness Stakes at Naas this season, was last seen in action in May when he ran second in a Group 2 event at Baden-Baden.
Weld said of the Khalid Abdullah-owned four-year-old: "Imaging has been very consistent in stakes races. He's had a summer break and is ready to start back. Soft ground suits him well and I expect him to run a very good race."
Weld's most recent winner of the event was Yulong Gold Fairy a year ago. On Sunday, the four-year-old will be having her first run since joining Jim Bolger.
The 12-runner line-up also includes British contender Dubai Dominion, for whom Ed Vaughan has booked Seamie Heffernan, the Ger Lyons-trained Psychedelic Funk, winner of the race two years ago, and the Ado McGuinness-trained pair Saltonstall and Bowerman, a winner at Gowran Park ten days ago.
The Henry de Bromhead-trained Moon Over Germany, a ten-length winner of the Red Rum Handicap Chase at Aintree in April and successful at Ballinrobe on his most recent start in August, heads a cast of seven for the Grade 3 Like A Butterfly Novice Chase (4.35) in which his stablemate Put The Kettle On will attempt to stretch her winning sequence to five.
De Bromhead said: "Moon Over Germany won nicely last time and is in good form. He's going up in trip, so we'll have to see how it goes. Put The Kettle On is going up in class. She has done very well, winning her last four races. She has a lovely pedigree, so we're hoping to get some black type."
Willie Mullins is three-handed in the 2m4f event with Killarney winner Brahma Bull, Galway festival scorer Dandy Mag and Robin De Carlow, while Gordon Elliott is represented by Champagne Classic, a Grade 1 winner as a novice hurdler at the 2017 Punchestown festival and placed on his two starts over fences last season after a lengthy absence.
Davids Charm, winner of the Ladbrokes Ireland Handicap Hurdle at Listowel last month, clashes with the versatile Ballyoisin, Petit Mouchoir and course-and-distance winner Plinth in the six-runner Grade 3 Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle over 2m (3.00).
Turnpike Trip and Razoul, both of whom won at the Listowel festival last month, clash in the Grade 3 Joe Mac Novice Hurdle (3.30).
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Published on 5 October 2019inPreviews
Last updated 17:09, 5 October 2019
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