Handicapper the winner as Bob What gallantly defies top weight

THE handicapper, often a much maligned species, had reason to feel well pleased with himself following the running of the Patsy Byrne Handicap Hurdle at Tralee yesterday.

Bob What gallantly defied top weight, beating Chanoud and Take Flite by a short head and a neck, after the trio had engaged in a terrific battle from the final flight.

Bob What was always in the first two and was allowed stride on heading to the third last by Robert Power.