Wexford Preview 17-03-05 As the Irish top guns wage war over in Cheltenham, Wexford stages seven bread-and-butter races on the domestic front on St. Patrick's Day commencing at 2.30pm.Ger Lyons' Hurricane Alley should open his account in the opening 2m maiden hurdle after a very promising debut at Thurles last month behind Impartial.Mags Benefit may prove the solution to the novice handicap hurdle. Tom Hogan's filly won snugly at Thurles last week and should have enough in hand to score again. A potential threat could be found in the shape of Mac Han who ran a very credible 5th at Naas at the weekend.An Cuilainn Beag has a decent chance of following up her recent Limerick victory by seeing off the challenges of Killeaney and Best Away in the 3m handicap hurdle. Denis Murphy's charge had been running consistently well over the past couple of months without going up too much in the weights.Point-to-point regulars will have the upper hand in the hunters chase with very little racetrack form to study.Liz Doyle's Bewleys Best won at Tinahely last month and may well have the beating of Willie Mullins' Bothar Na and Arthur Moore's Well Tutored. Betting on the day will definitely prove the best indicator as to which is most fancied of the trio.Glabejet won very easily at Limerick over 2 1/2m earlier this month under Andrew MacNamara and is a leading fancy in the 3m handicap chase. Though Frances Crowley's Monterey Bay will throw down a decent challenge.Ashamdil ran a cracker at Punchestown when just beaten near the finish by Sea Diva and Pat Hughes' filly should be well able to capture a prize of this calibre.
