HUNT FOR SUCCESS

Colt can open card with victory

- PETER O'HEHIR

MASTER OF THE HUNT might get punters off to a winning start by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF 2-Y-O Maiden in Listowel.

This No Nay Never colt is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who has won two of the last three runnings of this race, shaped with plenty of promise on his Curragh debut and sets a decent standard boosted by the 5lb claim of Killian Hennessy.

He made his debut in a seven-furlong maiden on Oaks weekend headquarters and ran a cracker to finish third at behind classy, odds-on stable-companion Henry Longfellow, who has since landed the Futurity (Group 2) and National Stakes (Group 3).

The form has also been boosted by the subsequent wins of Mythology (Second) and Ocean Conquest (fourth).