Bolger talks Ballysax Jim Bolger has trained seven previous Ballysax winners, including the last three. This season the pick of his two runners on Sunday would appear to be Alpinist, who made a winning return to action in a heavy ground maiden at the Curragh three weeks ago. Bolger said: "He's very well and we're hoping he can make the step up, but it won't be easy. "He has plenty of speed and we could have stayed at a mile if we'd wanted to, but we made a decision to come for this race and go down the middle-distance route. I think better ground will suit him well." Bolger also saddles Beyond Thankful, and added: "He's a little more exposed, but I'm hoping he'll also run a good race." As well as the Ballydoyle pair of Battle Of Marengo and Foundry, the six-runner field is completed by Patrick Prendergast's three-time winner Sugar Boy and the Dermot Weld-trained Imperial Concorde.
