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A poor a maiden race as you are likely to see for a while is the 6.45 at Dundalk this evening. The O'Brien trained Lone Star may well be better than he showed when contesting an 11k EBF Maiden at the Curragh last October when he was never a danger and was beaten around 12 lengths. They have quickly dropped him to the all weather at Dundalk where O'Brien has a 27% strike rate and son Joseph a 32% strike rate. Even at this level he will have to improve to win this, not out of the question of course, when he was making his debut he finished behind another O'Brien inmate who then contested the Racing Post Trophy, finishing last. Play or Lay? Early doors of course but the 1.83 on the Exchanges looks far too short to me and it any decent money becomes available at that price then I think its worth taking him on. Lay.