Local long shot wins for the ‘small guy’
It was very much a result for the “small man”; Gibney trains only five horses and jockey Andrew Thornton is still a conditional, so for both of them this was overwhelmingly the biggest successes of their respective careers.
The winning Lock Syndicate are a seven-strong team. Some are old school friends of the trainer and live locally to him at his base near Kells, so no doubt there will be some big celebrations.
