2.10 GOLDEN BALL EBF AUCTION MAIDEN 6F

Mint Chai shaped up nicely on his debut at Cork last month to finish a ¾l second to An Duine Uasal. The winner has since been beaten at Chester but the selection ran a race of considerable promise that day and looked as though he would be all the better for a step up to 6f. If coping with this much softer ground he could see off Ard San Aer who showed lots of dash on his debut before eventually going down by 1¾l to stablemate Mimicking in a Curragh maiden. Both horses have wide draws to overcome but they have previous experience to rely on. Power Grid is an interesting newcomer as a Frozen Power half-brother to the useful Chiclet while Lady Oak is a daughter of the stakes-winning juvenile Lady Of Kildare.