Zum hope at Naas

Racing: There will be few keener to get to Naas this afternoon than Paul Carberry

Racing: There will be few keener to get to Naas this afternoon than Paul Carberry. The champion jumps jockey has a number of rides on horses that could shine in the future, none more so than Zum See in the four-year-old maiden hurdle.

Zum See was a winner in February over Accordion Etoile, a success that earned him a trip to the Punchestown festival, where he didn't figure behind Royal Rosa. Nevertheless, he remains a hurdler of some potential and the reports of his schooling have all been positive.

Zum See's stable companion Watson Lake ended last season with a run behind Liberman in the Festival Bumper at Cheltenham.

He didn't figure prominently at the finish but again his best days seem to be ahead of him, a point Watson Lake can start proving in the novice hurdle.

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Carberry could complete a hat-trick by winning the novice chase, where he teams up with Sum Leader who clashes with the Wexford handicap winner Rockwell Island.

Sum Leader hasn't run since beating Beausheram by 11 lengths at the Galway festival in July and before that he also won well at Ballinrobe.

It will be interesting to see the betting trends in the bumper, where Christy Rocheruns The Kop End.

Backed as if defeat was out of the question on his debut, the horse was virtually ignored in the market on his only subsequent start.

At Clonmel tomorrow, the stoutly bred Rosses Folly looks a bet in the three-mile handicap hurdle. The Roselier mare won over two and a half at Listowel on soft ground and the fast going at Cork subsequently was hardly ideal for her.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column