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Island Hopping can build on Irish Oaks performance

Cork hosts the Flat brigade for a high-quality card while Tramore's four-day August festival gets underway with a seven-race programme. The Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes is a tricky puzzle to solve but Island Hopping is quite an uncomplicated sort, who likes to get on with her racing, and this provided an opportunity for her to make all the running. Her record of one win in eight outings isn't inspiring but there have been good efforts in there, most notably on her most recent outing, in the Irish Oaks. While she took up a pace-setting role, she was passed with a couple of furlongs to go and yet found plenty in the closing stages to be beaten less than four lengths into third place behind Minnie Hauk and Wemightakedlongway. This represents a significant drop in class and with Elizabeth Jane preferring cut in the ground and Royal Entry's tending to leave herself with plenty to do courtesy of her tardy starts, this is a good opportunity for the selection to put a long overdue second win on her card. Dance Night Andday has never won outside of handicap company, and hasn't yet won this season, but the five-year-old mare produced the best performance of her career to date when runner-up in a Group 3 on her most recent outing, and she can make the most of the slight ease in grade for the NFP Irish EBF Platinum Stakes. Runner-up to Super Sox, who re-opposes, in this race in 2024, she looks well placed to go one place better this time. Last year's winner has had just one run this season and it is difficult to ascertain where she stands. It is a similar story with Rahmi, who was better than ever when winning on her last outing of last season but hasn't run in ten months. East Hampton sets the standard on official ratings and cones here on the back of a career-best effort in a Group 2. She is bound to be popular in the betting and is respected. In Tramore, Tatateo will take a great deal of beating in the Oasis At The Races Acquiesce Friday August 15 Maiden Hurde. A useful sort on the level when trained in Britain, he has made a good transition to jumping with three placed efforts in four starts. His most recent effort, behind Ebony King in Galway, was at least as good as his previous runs, and running to that level once more should be enough for him to make the breakthrough. It will be interesting to see if Louiescall, recently a winner on the Flat, can show improved form back over hurdles. Tommy Lyons' picks: Cork 5:22 Dawn Romance 5:52 Asdana 6:22 Cape Sounion 6:52 Dance Night Andday (nb) 7:22 Island Hopping (nap) 7:52 Walk The Highline 8:25 Not Simple Next best 5:22 Whatastarr 5:52 Tomarlo 6:22 Precise 6:52 Super Sox 7:22 Elizabeth Jane 7:52 Edge Of Seventeen 8:25 Morning Approach Tramore 5:05 Enjoy The Dream 5:35 El Champo 6:05 Tatateo 6:35 Raydamann 7:05 Derryville 7:35 Mother Ship 8:05 Winter Fog Next best 5:05 Ma Belle Etoile 5:35 Mic Drop 6:05 Louiescall 6:35 Jerrari 7:05 Faceman 7:35 That's All 8:05 Magnor Glory