Horse Racing Tips Mark Milligan's best bets for day two of the Dublin Racing Festival

• Mark Milligan previews the second day of the DRF

• He has each-way fancies in a couple of the handicaps

• The best bet of the day is a Gordon Elliott novice hurdler

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• Bet £10 get £10 on racing multiples every weekend up to Cheltenham

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12:40 Leopardstown - Back Shoda E/W @ 6/17.00

Welcome to what should be a preview of day two of the Dublin Racing Festival but, thanks to the weather, the second day now becomes the first day and the first day becomes the second day, with Saturday's card now switched to Monday.

Hope we're all keeping up.

Anyway, the selections that were in Saturday's column are still relevant for Monday and a link to that piece can be found here.

Right, let's crack on with Sunday.

The opening mares handicap hurdle looks a fiendish puzzle to solve, but there's been plenty to like about Shoda's handful of starts over timber so far and Joseph O'Brien has quickly established himself as one of the best target trainers around when it comes to the big festivals.

Shoda has finished third on all four starts over obstacles but those runs will merely have served as a means to an end and she can be competitive starting off in handicaps from a mark of 116, which looks pretty fair when you consider she's rated 88 on the flat. Progressive on the level, there's every chance she'll make an even better hurdler given she's related to stacks of National Hunt winners.

We've got five places on the Sportsbook, so an each-way play looks the way to go, while Sean Bowen is an eye-catching jockey booking.

13:40 Leopardstown - Back Ballyfad @ 16/54.20

The Grade 1 Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle is basically the property of Willie Mullins given he's won 12 of the last 13 renewals and he's got a typically strong hand as tries to extend that remarkable run of success.

There's plenty to like about all of his challengers, with King Rasko Grey and smart flat performer The Reverend making most appeal amongst the Closutton quartet, though none of the Mullins charges head the market at the time of writing, with that honour going to Joseph O'Brien's Talk The Talk.

Unlucky not to be unbeaten in three starts over hurdles, the son of Born To Sea was poised to win the Future Champions Hurdleat this track over Christmas when coming to grief at the last and looks sure to go well again if none the worse for that tumble.

However, it's Ballyfad who I'm siding with.

Gordon Elliott is the only trainer to have broken that run of Mullins wins in this race over the last 13 years, that coming when Samcro took the 2018 and Ballyfad looks up to the repeating the feat.

An impressive winner on his sole start in points, he made a smooth transition to hurdles from bumpers when dotting up in maiden at this track on Boxing Day and that form was franked in no uncertain terms by the runner-up winning equally impressively on his next outing.

This looks a good renewal, but I get the impression Ballyfad could be something out of the ordinary.

14:45 Leopardstown - Back Prends Garde A Toi E/W @ 25/126.00

If the opening mares handicap hurdle looks a tricky puzzle to solve then this year's renewal of this Grade 3 handicap chase is even trickier and it might pay to take a flyer on one at a big price.

Gordon Elliott fields a trio in the race and the eye is obviously drawn to the one Jack Kennedy rides, Dee Capo, who was a winner on his penultimate start and was in the process of running well last time when unseating late on.

His chance is respected, but I'm going to side with Prends Garde A Toi, who makes his handicap debut after just four runs over fences.

There's every chance he's been laid out for something like this and his most recent start when beaten a long way into fourth could merely have been a prep with this race in mind.

First-time cheekpieces add to the appeal and Prends Garde A Toi looks well worth taking a chance on at 25/126.00 with five places available on the Sportsbook.

Mark's Sunday Racing Multi

13:20/15:30 Leopardstown - Back Final Demand/Lossiemouth @ 19/102.90

Betfair's Bet £10 Get £10 on Racing Multis continues on Sunday ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, and the multi that makes the most appeal is a double on the Mullins duo Final Demand and Lossiemouth.

The former looks a proper chaser in the making and he'll take all the beating in the Grade 1 Novice Chase, while the top-class Lossiemouth needs little introduction. She runs in the Irish Champion Hurdle and it's a race that could develop into a two-horse shoot-out with Brighterdaysahead, though I'm struggling to see past the admirable Mullins mare.

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