The ground at Navan remains yielding with another mainly dry day expected.

Racing gets under way at 11.30am and Aldo The Apache who won the Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle at Naas last month, bids to defy an 11lb higher mark in the featured Tara Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) at 1.10pm.

Colm Murphy 's Shantou gelding, who will be partnered by Brian Hayes, is currently 4/1 favourite.