8:30 Sligo Tips

Without Love was only beaten by a head from this mark at Limerick and shaped like a strong stayer who could improve over this longer trip. He remains consistent and well treated, and the increased price makes each-way support the sensible approach.

The Stephen Duffy-trained Deluca Chop arrives in the best of form, with six races in a row finishing inside the first three. With two wins on the trot, he can make it a hat trick here.

Won by a large margin at Ballinrobe last time and looks the type who could follow up. That coincided with a drop in trip and significant that they stay at this distance today. This sis a similar type race and looks very open. Seven pound jockey claim negates some of the rise in the weights.

A previous winner over this distance and has been in the mix more often than not inside the last handful of outings before trailing off with running out of legs being the most prominent issue. Drops back in trip to 1m 5½f here and I think that could be immediately fruitful.

Mystic Rose is still a maiden after 12 starts but showed improvement when third, beaten just under 3 lengths at Dundalk in an apprentice handicap last month. That was off her lowest handicap mark, and off the same here she looks a good each-way bet with four places on offer.

He represents a highly consistent, race-fit yardstick who is knocking loudly on the door for his current stable. He recorded his absolute career-best performance for this yard two starts back when staying on into a rock-solid third of 12 over a similar 12.3f route at Limerick. He quickly validated that physical condition just four days later at Killarney, showing plenty of baseline spark to finish a respectable mid-pack seventh of 15 in a highly competitive heat. His prominent career velocity index (ESI 2.9) ensures he has the tracking gears to loop the field from his wide draw, slotting smoothly into the slipstream behind the pace anchor to launch a major challenge for the frame.

Just one win last season among some decent placed efforts. Has won over 1m 6f, so won't mind this trip. Any rain would be a bonus.

Piatra Neamt was an unfancied 50 to 1 last time at Roscommon when running on late into 5th of 16 beaten four and a half lengths over 12f her best performance off a lowly 46 and she is dropped another pound going over a furlong further and should go close.

Slowly progressing and off today's mark looks to have a good chance of making the frame, ran best race so far last time out and over further today can improve further