Ballydoyle Honey, the ante-post favourite following the withdrawal of Laughil Blake, can get her Derby campaign off to a winning start in Saturday’s session of first round heats in the Boylesports Irish Derby over 550 yards at Shelbourne Park.
Graham Holland’s Irish Oaks winner can take a prominent position before asserting from halfway. Pat Curtin’s Deanridge Pennys looks the biggest threat.
Holland can have a double with Produce Stakes runner-up Amazing Dude, who looks to have found a soft qualifier in heat 17, while his Riverside Pat can make it a treble by landing the last eliminator. Mossie O’Connor’s highly regarded youngster Secreto can take the opening qualifier seeing off the likes of Vulturi and Leave At Dawn.
Kirby Memorial winner Cable Bay can is the class act in heat 14 and can repel the main dangers Sidarian Teejay and Ivy Hill Bart.
Cesarewitch winner Paradise Maverick can get the better of Ardrahan Zindi in heat 15.
Fair Taxes, who clocked a rapid 28.20sec over 525 yards last week, can make his red jacket draw count in heat 16.
Jerry Griffin’s Morning Music, a fast 29.44sec trialist, can overpower Kingdom Derby winner Clares wonder in heat 19.
Save The Don, the Harolds Cross Trial Stake winner, is fancied over Laughil Duke and Produce Stakes winner Ballybough Mondo in heat 20.
2014 Cox Cup winner Redwood Mick can get first run on main threat Material Man in heat 21.
Tyrur Tommy, a winner of his last two over C&D in 29.68sec and 28.74sec can complete a treble in heat 22 by beating Owen McKenna’s Farloe Rumble.
McKenna’s Offshore Bound, a 28.34sec winner over the shorter trip, can deny Ivy Hill Prince in heat 23.
HEAT 13
1 Heathlawn Tiger 150
2 Vulturi 100
3 Boherash Messiah 300
4 Secreto 33
5 Leave At Dawn 100
6 Maggies Lucy (w) 500
HEAT 14
1 Knocktoo Garry 150
2 Urban Gossip 200
3 Sidarian Teejay 50
4 Blastoff Macaw 200
5 Cable Bay 50
6 Ivy Hill Bart (w) 100
HEAT 15
1 Ballymac Ricky 250
2 Ardrahan Zindi 100
3 Paradise Maverik 33
4 Blue Cafu 100
5 Hondo Messi (m) 250
6 Jackal Frampton (w) 200
HEAT 16
1 Fair Taxes 40
2 Overcharge 125
3 Millridge Crash 150
4 Highview Event 200
5 Black Tom 100
6 Ballyana Foxtrot (m) 150
HEAT 17
1 Amazing Dude 33
2 Extra Spark 500
3 Dark Intentions 200
4 Allen Wizard 200
5 Tyrur McDonald (w) 150
6 Droopys Navas (w) 300
HEAT 18
1 Padua Supreme 200
2 Deenside Pennys 66
3 Ballydoyle Honey 20
4 Quinton Abu 500
5 Calzaghe Clampett 100
6 Hovex Prince 100
HEAT 19
1 Uncle Paul 250
2 Morning Music 33
3 Doubtful Venture 300
4 Wee Barneys Son 500
5 Glanmire Prince 500
6 Clares Wonder (w) 40
HEAT 20
1 Samiya 300
2 Tyrur Supermac 50
3 Native Custom 750
4 Laughil Duke 33
5 Ballybough Mondo 100
6 Save The Don (m) 80
HEAT 21
1 Mucho Macho Man 150
2 Ravenswood Emily 300
3 Rockybay Yank 100
4 Knight Invader 100
5 Material Man (w) 100
6 Redwood Mick (w) 66
HEAT 22
1 Cabra Miller 150
2 Time To Share 300
3 Salacres Francie 250
4 Tyrur Tommy 33
5 Barefoot Artist 100
6 Farloe Rumble 33
HEAT 23
1 Whizzing Archie 500
2 Butterbridge Ace 300
3 Offshore Bound 66
4 Ivy Hill Prince 100
5 Fordeflag 300
6 Highview Apollo 100
HEAT 24
1 Justice Matters 300
2 Lefanta Sky 200
3 Boherash Ozzie 200
4 Riverside Pat 66
5 Borna Sounds 150
6 Alien Ticker (w) 200
