The Irish Derby runner up Slip The Lark bids to go one better tonight in the Laurels at Cork. The action is live on Setanta Sports and it looks set to be a thriller.
Speed Figs
T4 - Slip The Lark 100
T1 - Solinus 99
T5 - Tyrur Laurel 96
T3 - Chicken Supper 90
T2 - Cabra Cool 87
T6 - Cashen Legend 85
Slip The Lark heads the figures after a smart performance in the semi finals. Next best is Solinus who got a flyer from the boxes in the third round and went on to record a smart figure. Classy Tyrur Laurel will be right there in the mix again.
Skydogs Tissue
Using the speed figures as a basis and the likely effects of the draw and pace I've come up with the 'tissue' below -
11/4 Slip The Lark, 3/1 Solinus, 4/1 Tyrur Laurel, 17/2 Cabra Cool, Chicken Supper, 12/1 Cashen Legend
Solinus stands out when comparing the tissue to the bookmaker’s prices with Ladbrokes going 6/1 about Mark Maloney's big black son of Top Honcho. His chance probably lies with him trapping as he did in the third round, if he does he's no 6/1 chance. Slip The Lark is the jolly but a best priced 5/4 with Paddy Power is on the short side. Tyrur Laurel carried my money when fourth in the Derby at Wimbledon. He's likely to push Slip The Lark all the to the first bend but 3/1 isn't big enough to tempt me this time. Of the others Chicken Supper looks overpriced at 16/1 but he was well held by Slip The Lark last week and would do well to reverse the form.
There are no spreads or specials on offer for tonights race which is a shame but Betfair are covering the race so I might try and do a bit of trading around Solinus and possibly Chicken Supper. If I was to play with the traditional layers I'd go for Solinus as a bit of value at 6/1 with perhaps a little each way on Chicken Supper at 16's.
Good luck to all the connections of tonights runners and good luck to you if you have a bet.
