Disastrous day for favourite backers in both classics
The first setback to hit punters was the withdrawal from the second round of the well backed Handball Henry. Then Needham Skill put paid to the chances of another highly fancied Northern challenger, Ashmore Lucky. Since Kyabam and Newry Legend, both leading fancies, won their second round courses in good style but the hare went down field on both occasions and they were very hard run. Inevitably, both were withdrawn from the third round.
The next big upset came in the opening course of the third round when Central Creator, another Northern fancy, had to give best to Chinook Hyland by a length. However the biggest surprise came in the final course of the third round went the Fermoy qualifier Aghadown Martin got the better of Derby Pines in the course of the day by a narrow margin.
