Two runs at this course and distance, two wins — and now she gets the best box on the track. Her recent second at top grade at Limerick, rated 77, shows she is competitive at the level. The clock leaves her a few lengths to find with the principals on raw time, but a perfect Galway record and the draw that wins one in five make her a live outsider.

Rated between 72 and 99 through her recent campaign with a 28.22 Limerick clocking on the books — the fastest career figure in this field. She has been running 550 and 600 metres lately, so this is a drop back in trip, and her last two at the top level read fourth and third. Classy and dangerous, but drawn in a quiet box and hard to predict on the trip switch.

Just three runs on the recent record and only one of them any good — a 28.57 winning clocking at Shelbourne Park. He has not raced since mid-April, and coming back from a three-month absence in the deepest race of the night, from a middling box, is about as tough as re-entries get.

Placed repeatedly in unraced-company outings at Shelbourne and Thurles with a 28.39 best that reads well against most of these. But he has not raced since early May, has never run at Galway, and none of his form is at a named grade. The speed figures are respectable; the absence and the unknowns are the problem.