CARTER ON TARGET FOR WARD MEMROIAL SUCCESS

Barry Drake

CARRIG CARTER, trained by Jack Kennelly for Carrig-Four-Syndicate, can make the most of the rails pitch and win the €3,000 to the winner Timmy Ward Memorial Stakes at Tralee tonight.

The eight-time winner comes here in superb form, and the quick-starting selection will be fancied to bounce out in front and make every yard of the running. A 28.38 winner two runs ago, he backed that up with another fine performance last week, winning in 28.45. He has sizzling early gears, and another front-running winning performance is on the cards.

Of the others, Patterdale Timmy, for Sally Mounsey, is next best. He is another in great form, winning his last two in 28.39 and 28.40. Another with fine early speed, another big performance is expected, but he needs to lead, and that won't be easy.