Upmanship lands spoils and spares O'Dwyer blushes

NATIVE UPMANSHIP duly landed his third MacLochlainn Road Markings Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles yesterday, but not before Conor O’Dwyer had given odds-on punters severe palpitations.

O’Dwyer took it very easy on the run-in, as Davids Lad came from well off the pace to absolutely fly home and get within a length of the winner.

A totally unperturbed O’Dwyer cooly remarked subsequently: “It was a nice day out. I knew something was coming, I could hear the crowd.”