Torpedo scuttles Grand Prix rivals
Last year’s winner, Staly Princed, tried to make all but was collared close home by the winner.
Torpedo is trained in Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, by Peter Hennessy, for Corkman, James O'Sullivan. It is the first time ever that the winner of this prestigious race was trained in the Kingdom. By The Way finished third while the favourite, Fools Gold, never got into the hunt after a bad start.
In the final of the Paddy Connolly Mem. Handicap Dublin entrant, Abba Crombie, only made his move when it mattered.
Patrick Kane Jr. sent this one to take over from leader Casa Mia a furlong from home to win by a length and a half. Kerry veteran Difficult Decision, winner of his division the previous day, was a close third.
In the 4-y-o Sire Stakes Stoneriggs Vanity showed her class when, having lost ground through a break in stride, got back racing to edge Direct Glance.
In the grade ‘B’ Trot, Tsar, with Aaron Sweeney up, led from start to finish and held off Star Factor and Noreen McSweeney to win by three parts of a length.
Meanwhile 13-year-old Derek Tyner from Innishannon won the feature event for the second day running on Desert Boy owned by his mother Francis and trained by his father Ernest.
Derek rode a splendid race, coming to challenge on the back straight and staying on powerfully to win by two lengths.
The opening 12.2 6 furlong pony race was won by Maniac trained at Askeaton Co. Limerick by Barry Fitzgerald and well ridden by Emmet Mc Namara from Rathkeale. This was the winner’s 52nd win of its career.
Delilah, owned by Paddy Finn of Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry, Race Committee was a game winner of the mile 13.2 race, under a most enterprising ride by 11year old Turlough O’ Connor from Inchtotane, Newmarket.
Jockey Emmet McNamara completed a double on Wild Rose for trainer Eric Tyner in the mile 14.2 hands race, where he made all the running.
Twelve-year-old jockey Pat Mangan from Conna scored his first ever pony racing win in the 15.0 hands when he rode a splendid race on Perfect Storm.
The son of Grand National winning trainer Jimmy Mangan, this is Pat’s first season in pony racing.
Jockey Tom Barry, a talented 16-year-old from Conna excelled on Cossie on which he made all the running to win a trilling open Maiden by a length from Black Beauty.
