Geraghty bounces back with winner

BARRY GERAGHTY, who missed the action at Limerick on Sunday due to a recurrence of a shoulder injury, made a successful return to action at Ballinrobe last night when partnering Goss to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase.

Torrential rain before and during racing made conditions very testing, but the Michael O’Brien trained Goss coped well with the rain-sodden ground and got the better of the Murrayfield and disappointing favourite, Golden Row in the closing stages.

Denis Cullen, son-in-law and assistant trainer to Michael O’Brien, explained: “Barry said that he was a little free over the first but that he settled well enough from there and jumped very well. He’ll probably go handicapping now and will keep running through the summer.”