Grim weather outlook at Goodwood not enough to shake Paddington as Sussex Stakes favourite
Irish racing’s biggest steeplechase prize of the summer could end up taking place on anything but a high-season surface depending how much forecast overnight rainfall descends on Ballybrit.
Willie Mullins’s favourite was the future once and, if he hasn’t lived up to that initial billing, his present prospects look hard to knock. A single win out of five hurdles races wasn’t supposed to be the case. A successful start over fences was followed by a pair of Grade One defeats before looking much more the real thing when scooting up in a handicap at Punchestown in April.
Hanlon hasn’t ruled out skipping the race if the ground gets heavy. But should that happen, the 7lb gap to Kilcruit means no alternative handicap will come into play. A difference of more than 7lbs to the second topweight is required for that to occur. The weather outlook has already forced a decision to move Wednesday’s three flat races to the front of the card.
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