Walsh again the rider to note in the green and gold Mark Walsh enjoyed a great couple of days at the Dublin Racing Festival with four Grade 1 victories and he could enjoy further success in the JP McManus colours aboard Crecora Hills and Agameoftwohalves at Punchestown this afternoon. The Robert Tyner-trained Crecora Hills scored in good style at Naas on her penultimate start and has been well supported from 2/1 into 6/4 for the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Chase at 1.03pm. The remainder of the card is sponsored by ThatPrizeGuy.co.uk and Agameoftwohalves is a warm order (2/1-6/4fav) for the 2m3f maiden hurdle (2.13) after catching the attention of the stewards at Faiyhouse last month. The seven-race card opens up with the PP Hogan Cross Country Chase at 12.28 and this should prove a competitive affair with the likes of The Goffer and Vanillier in the line-up along with Grade 1 winners Conflated and Fakir D’oudairies. Willie Mullins and Paul Townend team up with two strong favourites on the card in the shape of Too Bossy For Us and Fillyoureye. Too Bossy For Us was purchased by the H O S Syndicate for 330,000 guineas before showing promise in Grade 1 hurdles last spring and the useful Flat handicapper reverts to hurdles in the 2m maiden hurdle (1.38). The son of Golden Horn has been backed from evens into 4/7, while Fillyoureye is also odds-on for the 2m7f maiden hurdle. Michael Kenneally has enjoyed a real breakthrough season and will be hoping to follow up a treble at Fairyhouse yesterday when partnering well-fancied handicap hurdlers James The Brave — 8/1 into 7/2 in the 2.48 — and Pebble Bleu, the 5/2 favourite in the finale at 3.58pm. The going is currently described as soft to heavy on the hurdle course and soft to heavy, heavy in places, on the chase track. The forecast is for a mainly dry day with temperatures around 9C.
