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Kadiskar to get off mark

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A hark back to winter days worrying about morphine comes at Sligo this evening when the JP McManus-owned Kadiskar runs in the maiden hurdle.

Kadiskar broke his maiden in impressive fashion at Fairyhouse last winter but lost it subsequently when he tested positive for morphine in a contaminated feed.

Christy Roche´s horse ran once more afterwards when well behind Solerina in the Deloitte & Touche 114 days ago but should finally, and definitively, lose his maiden tag today.

Another horse who has felt the stewards´ touch is Caimin´s Caper who was well clear of the rest behind Accordion Etoile at Clonmel only for his jockey to fail to weigh in. Jim Dreaper´s five year old goes in the first bumper and should be hard to beat.

Doonaree was fancied to score on the flat at Gowran on Sunday but wasn´t helped by a slow early pace and finished out of the money.

He has topweight of 12st in a handicap hurdle but is clearly in some kind of form and could be worth another chance tonight, with Keith Hadnett taking 3lbs off his back.

The mares hurdle is a trappy enough contest with Willie Mullins´ horse Carolina and Dreaper´s Thurles winner Valleya sure to be fancied.

Slight preference, however, is for the Killarney winner, Sally Webster, who was impressive last time out.

Leading Springs was a two and a half lengths runner up to Tunes Of Glory at Down Royal a month ago and might be the one to pick up the other bumper.