A shallow field of three line up in the Grade One Irish Arkle in the first two live races on ITV from the Dublin Racing Festival.
In truth, I was keen on Romeo Coolio before Kopek Des Bordes wasn’t declared, and he has the deepest form of the runners in this race over what each of them has done over fences to this point.
The Gordon Elliott runner is a perfect three-from-three, and used his stamina to get out of trouble when beating Irish Panther over course and distance in the Grade One Racing Post Novice Chase.
Future lies over further, but for this weekend, he is plenty talented enough to win this.