2/1 Rinnwood Duke ready to have final say

A PRECIOUS opportunity for mainstay handlers and hounds of racing, the chase for €20,000 in the TIME Club Derby concludes at Limerick tonight!

- PAUL CONWAY

Following a month of intensely competitive action in the innovative event, little separates the six finalists on their best form and never was the idiom that “anyone can win" more fitting.

The market makers have struggled all week to establish a clear favourite but jointly occupying top spot following his semi-final score is Des Flaherty's Rinnwood Duke.

Operating at a 40 per cent strike-rate as a smart early pacer, he fully justifies 2/1 quotes on the back of his latest 28.72 effort over the 525-yard trip.

However, he faces his stiffest early test now with Tally Ho Flyit to his immediate inner from trap three and even more so from last week's column selection Maid Of Iron.