Kilbeggan stages its first meeting of the season tonight, with the Willie Mullins, above, trained Botani napped to build on her promising debut effort at Leopardstown in the bumper, the BetVictor Casino Flat Race.
A five-year-old Doyen mare, Botani shaped with plenty of promise when tried in a Grade 2 mares event at the Dublin Racing Festival in early February, finishing fifth to the smart Santa Rossa, beaten five and a half lengths.
A reproduction of that effort should be enough to see Botani get off the mark, at the expense of Champ’s half-brother Track Mac, on his racecourse debut.
Earlier, Gracemount appeals in the Follow BetVictor Racing Mares Beginners Chase, having run creditably last time in the beginners won by Monday’s Burrows Saint in Gowran Park.
Peter O’ Hehir's selections
4.55.Batcio
5.30.Andalusa
6.05.Scotch Quay
6.40.Amadeus
7.10.Gracemount
7.40.Slemish
8.10.Botani (Nap)
Next Best
4.55.Zaofu
5.30.Chaparral Dream
6.05.Niccolai
6.40.Mossy White
7.10.Tell Me Annie
7.40.Bellgrove
8.20.Track Mac
Double: Gracemount and Botani.
O’Hehir’s Longshot: Jimmyjames (7.40)
