River lands monster gamble in Hurdle

PAUL NOLAN, one of the up-and-coming young trainers in the country, took his second Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday when Cloone River landed a massive gamble.

He was succcessful two years earlier with Say Again, who was also partnered by Cloone River’s pilot, John Cullen. The winner was backed at 12-1 ante-post and was available in the shops in the morning at 7-1. On the track the layers probably felt they were being conservative, putting him in at 11-2.

But they couldn’t have been more wrong. The eight-year-old was the medium of some major wagers, thumped in to 7-2.