'Colin Keane is an eye-catching booking' - Dundalk Lucky 15 Tips Dundalk stages a typically competitive eight-race card on Wednesday, the action getting under way at 13:45 and concluding at 17:25 under the lights. The card consists of three informative maidens and five handicaps, the latter attracting maximum fields of 14. We’ve provided our four best bets for the meeting. Wednesday’s Lucky 15 tips 13:45 Dundalk - What About Us @ SP 14:55 Dundalk - Enthusiastically @ SP 16:55 Dundalk - Thompson Gunner @ SP 17:25 Dundalk - Matrice @ SP 13:45 Dundalk - What About Us Ger Lyons' ’s Watch Tower sets the standard with his official rating of 78, but he might well prove vulnerable to likely improver What About Us, who shaped with a ton of promise on his debut when runner-up over this course-and-distance last month. The Joseph O’Brien-trained selection, a €160,000 breeze-up purchase, was prominent throughout on his introduction three weeks ago and kept on well under pressure without quite managing to master Henry De Bromhead’s Anushka, who’d already shown a good level of ability in a pair of turf maidens. He was judged to have run to a Racing Post Rating of 81 on his introduction and even the slightest amount of improvement will make him very hard to beat in this field. 14:55 Dundalk - Enthusiastically Stall one looks perfect for Donnacha O’Brien’s Enthusiastically, who made all of the running when opening her account over this course-and-distance a fortnight ago. The daughter of Ten Sovereigns hadn’t achieved much at all over sprint distances on turf, but she found significant improvement switched the AW, up in trip and with first-time blinkers applied, keeping on doggedly under Chris Hayes to edge out the reopposing Monvoe. She’s gone up 7lb for that, but is only theoretically 2lb higher with Paddy Harnett taking off an invaluable 5lb, meaning he takes on the runner-up on 1lb more favourable terms. The headgear is left off, but she’s open to further progress over this trip and should make a bold bid. 16:55 Dundalk - Thompson Gunner Recent form is thin on the ground in the second division of this 1m2f handicap, Thompson Gunner arguably the exception having run comfortably his best race of a disappointing campaign when runner-up over course-and-distance at the start of the month. The four-year-old is yet to win in 13 starts and has a particularly poor record on turf - finishing out of the money on all eight outings. However, he’s well suited to this surface, his form figures here reading 32502, and he’s on a dangerous handicap mark of 58, having run to Racing Post Ratings in the high 60s and early 70s on three of those course outings. Colin Keane is an eye-catching booking and suggests today might be the day. 17:25 Dundalk - Matrice The concluding middle-distance maiden looks a good opportunity for Joseph O’Brien’s Matrice, who has been knocking at the door in recent outings, including when beaten less than a length over an extended 1m2f here five days ago. The daughter of Frankel, who has cheekpieces added to her usual tongue-tie, has finished second in three of her seven outings to date and is generally consistent, having repeatedly run to Racing Post Ratings in the mid 70s and well worthy of her official mark of 74. Her two best performances have come over this distance and she’s well drawn for a front-runner in stall two.
