Flawless Timber House looks the real article at Clonmel coursing

"He’s the real article. You just don’t do that to a Corn na Feile winner here at Clonmel," was co-commentator Damien Lonergan’s summation of the third-round course in which Timber House annihilated kennel companion Serene Angel to earn a place in this afternoon’s quarter-finals of the Boylesports.com Coursing Derby at Powerstown Park.

There was a delay to the start of proceedings as frost covers were removed and time allowed for the winter sun to penetrate the covering on the Clonmel stretch. But, when the action got underway it delivered in spades.

Timber House’s flawless slips-to-turn display in the third round was, undoubtedly, the performance of day two and the pup is now odds-on to give trainer Michael O’Donovan his maiden victory in the €35,000-to-the-winner event, following a number of agonisingly near misses for the Tipperary trainer.