There’s a competitive card of both National Hunt and Flat racing on offer at Roscommon on Monday afternoon, with the Grade 3 feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Kilbegnet Novice Chase heading to post at 3.55.
Joseph O’Brien’s talented juvenile hurdler turned chaser Landofhopeandglory will be amongst the more-fancied runners in the €37,500 two-mile contest, as he bids to bounce back from a fall at the second last fence at Galway on his most recent start.
Limerick-based trainer Charles Byrnes is triple-handed in the Roscommon feature, as he saddles fortunate Listowel winner Alto Esqua, JP McManus’ Rock On Fruity and recent Kilbeggan winner Rosie Alice.
Elsewhere on the card, Gavin Cromwell’s stable star Jer’s Girl makes her first start since Cheltenham in March on the Flat in the Budweiser Maiden at 2.50, although better known as a capable hurdler in recent times.
The two-time Grade 1 winner had a couple of starts on the Flat in 2015, but looks to be a far more assured performer nowadays over hurdles and could prove a tough nut to crack if translating her National Hunt form to the level in this 1m4f event.
Gordon Elliott will be hoping that Flawless Escape can get off the mark in the concluding Thanks For Supporting Roscommon Racecourse Flat Race at 5.30, having run well in a Lingstown point-to-point in March.
The winner on that occasion has subsequently sold for £160,000 and the third place finisher has changed hands for £140,000, showing the strength in-depth in the Irish point-to-point field.
The first race is due off at 1.45 and the going at Roscommon is described as heavy.
