Sayer looking forward to Tramore visit Cumbrian trainer Dianne Sayer is looking forward to saddling her first ever runner in Ireland as Bell Weir lines up in the Dan Cowman Memorial Handicap at Tramore on Saturday evening. After finishing third in a Fontwell bumper for trainer Joseph Tuite in October 2011, the six-year-old joined Eoin Doyle, for whom he won a Cork bumper, a hurdle race at Gowran Park and on the Flat on Clonmel. Bell Weir changed hands again for £12,000 in May and has since won over hurdles at Hexham, but as he is not eligible to run in Flat handicaps, Sayer has found opportunities difficult to come by in Britain. The trainer's daughter Emma will take the ride in County Waterford this weekend as Bell Weir features in a six-runner field. Sayer said: "He'd had two runs on the Flat in Ireland before we got him and because he's won a maiden, he can't run in a maiden in Britain. "The British handicapper won't give him a mark until he's had three runs, so we either had to run in a conditions race where he'd be out of his depth or go to Ireland for a handicap, so we've decided to go back to Ireland with him. That's our mission. "I've never had a runner in Ireland before, so we're looking forward to it, and Tramore looks like a track that should be good fun for Emma to ride. "He's a horse who gets quite big and is hard to keep fit at home, so a run or two on the Flat will keep him sharp before he goes back over hurdles, which is where his long-term future lies. "It will be interesting to see how he gets on. Whether he's well handicapped on a mark of 78 I doubt, but we need to give him a run and you never know. It should be a good trip." Champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins runs Wood Breizh, who ran creditably in defeat when sixth on his Irish Flat debut at the Galway Festival and won over hurdles at Tramore earlier this year. The Gordon Elliott-trained Knight's Parade and Foot Soldier from Charlie Swan's yard also showed up well at Ballybrit. Jack Daddy and Oneeightofamile complete the field.
