Seanie steps up in grade Seanie, successful in a valuable sales race last month, bids for Listed race glory on the all-weather at Dundalk tomorrow evening. David Marnane's youngster earned a cool €73,500 for connections when opening his account in a sales race at Fairyhouse and is now racing for just over half that amount in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Star Appeal Stakes. "He's stepping up, but it's a natural progression. He's a horse we've always liked," said the Co. Tipperary trainer. "Thankfully he won a nice pot the last day from a bad draw. With his action you'd think he'd handle the surface pretty well. "Sons of Kodiac have a good record on the surface as well and he's got a good draw as well, so we'd be hopeful of a good run from him." Also among a field of ten for the seven-furlong event are the Aidan O'Brien-trained pair of Vault and East Meets West, Bible Black and Jemima's Pearl from Ger Lyons' stable, and Jessica Harrington's Silver Sycamore.
