Three angles to look out for at Bellewstown and Tipperary

Can Eight Till Late complete the four-timer?

It's a feat achieved by very few, especially during the height of summer when racing is at its most competitive in the middle to lower tiers of the sport in Ireland.

However, trainer Peter Casey's Eight Till Late will be bidding to continue his winning spree by making it four in a row in the feature handicap hurdle (5.45) at Bellewstown on Thursday.

After winning his beginners' chase at Clonmel in June, the dashing chestnut followed up in a handicap hurdle and chase at Sligo.

Those latest victories have come under Andrew Ring and such is Casey’s confidence that the pair will again provide him with something to toast, he will be making the trip to see his stable star in action.

He said: "Winning four isn’t an easy thing to do, but he’s in great form and that’s all that matters. I didn’t think that there would be as many runners in it but hopefully he'll be good enough.”

Jack Kennedy: partners Water SpriteCredit: Patrick McCann

Jack Kennedy wasted no time in getting back among the winners on just his fourth ride back from injury at Downpatrick on Sunday and the teenage sensation will be bidding to put a dampener on Casey's mood with Water Sprite.

The Gordon Elliott-trained mare is not the biggest, but what she lacks in size she makes up for in heart as she has won races over fences, hurdles and arrives here off the back of a hard-fought victory in a 2m Flat handicap at Tramore this month.

Weld fires two at the Fairy Bridge

Dermot Weld is another trainer who will be trying to continue a winning sequence as the Rosewell House handler has won the past three runnings of the Group 3 Fairy Bridge Stakes (5.55) at Tipperary, and is represented by the Khalid Abdullah-owned pair of Raymonda and Tempera.

Aidan O'Brien has kept Music Box busy through the season and the three-time winner will be making her 15th appearance of the year. She arrives here following a career-best when going down by a little over a length in a Group 3 at Leopardstown a fortnight ago.

Aidan O'Brien: sends a two-pronged attackCredit: Getty Images

She will be joined by stablemate Smoulder, who has yet to score since shedding her maiden tag at Dundalk in May.

O’Brien said: “Music Box ran very well in a Group 3 at Leopardstown last time over a mile and won the Corrib Stakes at Galway over seven furlongs before that, so coming back to this trip should not be a problem for her – she is versatile.

“Smoulder won her maiden at Dundalk nicely earlier on in the season but she has just taken a bit of time since that win. The better the ground is, the better chance she'll have.”

Lyons takes aim at the Abergwaun Stakes

The Ger Lyons-trained Ardhoomey enjoyed his finest hour on a racecourse when he won the Group 2 Flying Five Stakes almost a year ago at the Curragh, and while the five-year-old again holds an entry in the feature sprint on Irish Champions Weekend, he will be bidding to warm up for that contest with victory in the Listed Abergwaun Stakes (4.55).

Spirit Quartz, who won this race 12 months ago when trained by Robert Cowell, attempts to follow up on that success, this time for Wexford-based trainer Barry John Murphy.

Spirit Quartz: won this race last yearCredit: Patrick McCann

However, British trainers have won five of the past six runnings of this race, and Cowell runs Green Door, who will be ridden by champion jockey Pat Smullen, to try and land back-to-back runnings.

Eddie Lynam's progressive young sprinter Magic Bear, a winner over this course and distance on her latest start, is also in the line-up, while Fozzy Stack unleashes Son Of Rest, a winner of a valuable sprint handicap at the Curragh in June.

On the highest rated runner in the field, Stack said: "Stepping up from handicap company is a bit of an unknown, but he's in good form and the bit of ease in the ground will help.”

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