Dundalk (AW) 6:00 Result

Initial Blue is in tremendous form with figures of 172311 - won 3 of last 4 including his last outing, and the two blips were a 7th and a 2nd. He's clearly progressive, holds the highest OR (74) in the field alongside Firewalker, but unlike Firewalker (who is fresh off 125 days and has an inconsistent 2-940 record), Initial Blue is fit, in-form and race-ready having run just 15 days ago. Blue Point progeny handle AW well and his sire/dam pedigree suits speed over 6f. Draw 4 is workable for a sprint on this track. The apprentice/conditional jockey booking with Jack Kearney continues a successful partnership given the recent win. Weight top of the handicap is justified by clear superiority in form and class. Coincidental Glory and Leveraging are respectable but both have more mixed recent form (329403 and 61-060) and lack the same upward trajectory. Firewalker has the profile on paper but the big layoff and modest recent efforts (940) make him risky to trust fresh. Initial Blue looks the most solid, in-form, course/distance suited runner and represents a fairítem to back to confirm the improvement trend.