TOM TO DELIGHT IN CAROLL MEMORIAL

Ian Fortune

Tonight’s Dundalk card is headlined by the semi-finals of the Paddy & Eamon Carroll Memorial A3/A4 525.

The valuable competition has provided some fine action over the past couple of weeks and there should be no exceptional this evening.

Ohtheretom has probably been the dog to take out of the stake over the past fortnight and he is the choice to emerge on top in the second heat.The Kurtis Bain trained youngster is drawn in three and is likely to improve his starting. If doing so, he could potentially go even faster than last week’s 28.81 return.

Of his rivals, it’s difficult to pick out the biggest threat as most have a very similar level of form in recent weeks. Given the fact that they are young and remain open to improvement, Ravenswood Roo and Makedatup are chosen to emerge from the pack to chase home Ohtheretom.

DANCER TO GET LOOSE AGAIN

Barnhill Dancer is nominated as the one to beat in the opening heat.

A good winner in 28.87 last week, he can again make the most of a wide draw in the stripes to emerge on top at the expense of the fast-finishing Coolemount Blaze and Highview Cert.