UK Horse Racing Tips: Roscommon

ELZEM shaped with promise when fourth on his debut at the Curragh a week ago and may be able to step forward now. The Elzaam gelding stayed on to finish fourth then and this step up in trip looks an obvious move. Experience is always a help at this time of the year. Colin Keane chooses All Right By Me from the Ger Lyons-trained duo. The Bungle Inthejungle colt cost 25,000 euro as a foal and is a half-brother to five winners. Jessica Harrington's newcomer Lady O looks another to note in the market. The Australia filly cost 30,000 euro as a yearling and is a half-sister to the Group 2 placed Dark Rose Angel.
Prediction : 1st Elzem 2nd All Right By Me 3rd Lady O

PLAY IT AGAIN ZAAM was an easy winner at Gowran Park the other day and it's no surprise to see him out again quickly under a penalty. The Elzaam gelding pulled away to win by a wide margin five days ago and is set for a 13lb hike for that performance. That was on heavy ground and the predicted downpours on race-day should help. Boadicea Belle also comes here in winning form, having scored on the all-weather at Dundalk last month. It will be interesting to see if she can transfer that to turf now. Barnhill Rose, fifth behind the selection five days ago, likes it around here and could get closer now.
Prediction : 1st Play It Again Zaam 2nd Boadicea Belle 3rd Barnhill Rose

GOLDEN DAYS had some decent placed form at Dundalk over the winter and coming here off a short break she could strike again off this kind of mark. The Canford Cliffs mare is versatile ground-wise, having won on soft at Gowran Park last season. On Our Radar is another with placed form from the all-weather that has to come into calculations. The Elzaam gelding ran well over a mile at Dundalk when last seen in early February and this kind of trip looks ideal. Atbay has posted some solid efforts already on the turf this season and he should be thereabouts again off his basement mark.
Prediction : 1st Golden Days 2nd On Our Radar 3rd Atbay

Any rain would be a concern for May Night who ran out a cosy winner at Cork on Friday evening. That was his first success on turf, with his seven previous wins coming on all-weather surfaces, whereas ORANDI appreciates a bit of cut in the ground so the weather looks to be turning in his favour. He sprang a surprise when scoring at the Curragh a week ago but did it in good style and could still have a bit up his sleeve, despite an 8lb rise. Brains ran well when third on his return to the grass at Leopardstown last time and could be place material.
Prediction : 1st Orandi 2nd May Night 3rd Brains

NAVAL FORCE won a decent maiden in Killarney on his debut last September before finding things a bit tougher in Group 3 company on his second outing at Leopardstown the following month. The handicapper has him on a mark of 93 and this looks like a nice opportunity on his seasonal debut. Similarly Neski Shereiski won on his debut, at Dundalk, before finishing last of five in a decent little conditions race won by Bremen at Cork last month. He's another son of Churchill and looks the danger. Action Plan won a Gowran Park handicap last time and could be the one for the trifecta with the maidens in the field looking up against it.
Prediction : 1st Naval Force 2nd Neski Sherelski 3rd Action Plan

A deterioration in the predicted good going is entirely possible with plenty of rain in the forecast. In any case it is likely that SIXPACK will encounter improved underfoot conditions to what he faced in a couple of starts last month. That, allied to a step-up in trip, promises to suit the Sea The Moon gelding well. His rider, Rory Mulligan, is an apprentice we're likely to get increasingly familiar with as the season progresses, and his 2lb allowance here is a help too. Victorious on the level in his time in England, Milteye (tongue-strap added) should be fit from a hurdling campaign and that gives him an edge on some of these opponents. Duke Of Leggagh and Scott Lang are among the others to consider.
Prediction : 1st Sixpack 2nd Duke Of Leggagh 3rd Milteye

No doubt connections would like to get a Flat win into their consistent bumper mare, ROYAL HOLLOW, and she may be equipped to deal with these rivals. As a successful dual purpose operation, the Slattery team will be well aware as to their representative's ability to cope with the drop down in trip. They obviously feel she has sufficient pace for the task at hand, and indeed going through some of her performances from the past, she could excel at the mile and a half. Unassuming under-performed last time. It would be folly to dismiss her now though, with a tongue-strap re-applied. In the Champion Chase-winning colours of Sally Rowley-Williams, Stariam is another to consider.
Prediction : 1st Royal Hollow 2nd Unassuming 3rd Stariam