Wayne Lordan is on board for my best bet of the weekend at Leopardstown on Sunday
Ryan Moore has stayed loyal to Illinois and so will I, despite having my fingers badly burned when he could finish only third at Leopardstown on his reappearance.
The Galileo colt returns to action in the William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial (3.00) and I shall be getting stuck in again, hoping he can give Aidan O'Brien a seventh win in the Listed event.
This is the perfect place for Illinois to redeem himself after his Ballysax blowout. The improved ground conditions and the fact Moore rides again despite finishing behind his stablemate and one of his rivals The Euphrates on that occasion, means he should not be opposed in the latest Derby trial. He could prove to be a player at Epsom too.
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- I'm seriously taken by this exciting novice hurdler - and I'll be backing him all season until he's beaten
- 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