Taaffe bounces back with a double

TOM TAAFFE, who broke the news earlier in the day that Kicking King would miss the Cheltenham Gold Cup, had a modicum of compensation when In The High Grass won the Kanturk Maiden Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

He is a horse who takes plenty of stoking, but Barry Geraghty was the right man in the right place and got a generous response from his charge up the straight.

Liss Ard tried to make all, but In The High Grass edged past between the last two flights and was well in control on the level.