The Selkirk filly was a facile 13-length winner of a mile and threequarter winners' race at Leopardstown, and connections will be hoping for another big pay-day today.

Declan McDonogh has been booked to ride Kiswahili again, and the partnership will be expected to justify favouritism here at the expense of Michael Kinane's mount Perfect Hedge, who is one of two runners for the John Oxx stable.

Perfect Hedge was successful in a listed race at Leopardstown earlier in the season, and holds more appeal than her stable-companion Allexina, who lost little in defeat when chasing home Galatee in the Blue Wind Stakes at Naas last month. She would, however, appreciate a good cut in the ground.

The Dermot Weld-trained Dancing Sky ranks as the obvious danger to Kiswahili.

Pat Smullen's mount made a promising successful seasonal reappearance at Navan when getting the better of Tamazug by a head, and further improvement can be expected from the daughter of Polish Precedent over this longer trip.

The listed Kerry Spring Water Rochestown Stakes has attracted a small, but select line-up of five runners, and they include the Tommy Stack-trained Varsity Blues and Howya Now Kid, from the Ger Lyons stable, who recently finished first and second at Fairyhouse.

That form would suggest that both colts are useful types, and Johnny Murtagh's mount Howya Now Kid gets the vote to round off a memorable week for his trainer, who sent out the first Group winner of his career at Leopardstown on Wednesday.

Drumin Orpen was an authorative winner at the same meeting on Wednesday, and can complete his hattrick under trainer Joe Crowley's son-in-law Pat Smullen in the Charleville Cheese Handicap.

Racing also takes place at Fairyhouse, with an all NH fixture. Champion jockey Ruby Walsh is fancied to collect aboard Reisk Superman in the featured Swords Hurdle. Tony Martin's charge was the subject of a substantial gamble in a competitive handicap at the Punchestown Festival, but never managed to get in a blow.

Nevertheless, he still managed to keep on well in fourth place.