By Dan Walsh
Point-to-point action at two venues today (Sunday) and the Wexford raiders to the Tipperary track at Lisronagh fared best.
The Benny Walsh and Jenny Walsh team from Crossgales, Tomhaggard, sent out the newcomer Settle Down Jill in the maiden race for four-year-old mares and were victorious by three lengths under popular rider Barry Stone, Cleariestown, who rode his 30th career winner.
Luke Murphy from Gorey was the handler and rider of newcomer Think It Through who beat off all the opposition in the mares’ race for five and six-year-olds. Four lengths the winning margin.
Rob James, like Ellen Doyle was having his second winner in as many days, and he was associated with Jo Koko from Ian McCarthy’s Kildare stables and the team in the winners enclosure at Punchestown yesterday (Saturday). It was a close finish – only half a length in it – and the runner-up was Epic West (Alan Harney up) for Donnchadh Doyle’s Ballindaggin stables.
Ellen Doyle’s Coolgarrow stables, near Enniscorthy, fine run in the maiden races for four-year-olds continued today (Sunday) at Kildorrery, Co. Cork, when she saddled newcomer mare Magic Boum who came home two and a half lengths ahead of the field with Brian Dunleavy in the saddle.
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