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Mint Man and Perfect Judgement primed for Dundalk feature

Mint Man, near sideMint Man, near side
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Pat Murphy and Ado McGuinness, who both saddled winners at Dundalk last Friday, have chances in the featured Join Us On Instagram @dundalk_stadium Race over six furlongs tomorrow.

Murphy pitches 82-rated Mint Man into the fray and this Due Diligence gelding was an eye-catching second at 50/1 over C&D in November when only collared close home.

Murphy said: "He's a nice horse and we'd be hoping that he would show up well on Tuesday.

"Might be in between five and six (furlongs). He ran a bit keen there over the six, so hopefully he will settle a bit better on Tuesday.

"We ran him over five since and it just wasn't his day (in eighth)."

Meanwhile, McGuinness' Perfect Judgement has three placed efforts in the book including over C&D in September.

The trainer said: "He'll run here on Tuesday.

"He actually worked with this horse (Friday's winner Eddie G) the other day and worked well.

"He has been a bit disappointing in that he was second first-time out (in Naas) and we thought he would have his maiden won by now.

"It is actually a winners' race on Tuesday and he has the pace for six furlongs.

"Adam (Caffrey) rode him work the other day and said maybe to drop him back instead of stepping him up to seven."

Perfect Judgement was last seen finishing unplaced over an extended five furlongs in the valuable Birdcatcher on turf at Naas in October.

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.