Johnny Dineen's weekend wager was a winner and he likes the look of an Irish raider at Ascot on Sunday
The Flat is back, but it's a bit early for me to be dipping my toes into that sort of stuff so I will stick to the jumps this weekend.
We shall begin at Navan on Saturday where the 2m maiden hurdle (2.17) has attracted 16 runners. It might be a big field, but it is easy to narrow it down and I reckon the Gordon Elliott-trained Rainbow Trail is a cut above this lot.
He shaped with plenty of promise on his latest second in a Naas maiden hurdle won by Tounsivator and a repeat of that effort from this early season Clonmel bumper winner should get us off to a flyer. You just can't beat an early winner on a Saturday and hopefully Rainbow Trail is just that.
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- Johnny Dineen's weekend nap has already gone in - and he thinks double-figure odds about this chaser could be a gift in the Sefton
- Harbour Wind can blow rivals away as Irish Flat season comes to a Curragh crescendo
- This chaser looks on a winning mark at Cheltenham and I'll be getting stuck in at around 10-1
- He is quite simply a cash machine that continues to give and he gets a confident vote