Calorando swoops to conquer

THE three-day May meeting got underway in glorious sunshine at Killarney yesterday, and young Athlone claimer Mark Watts enjoyed by far his biggest win when partnering Calorando to take the featured Murphys Irish Stout Handicap Hurdle.

The six-year-old gelding was produced with a steady run through the field to lead before the final flight, and kept on well on the run-in to beat Arc En Ciel by a length with Callow Lake three-quarters of a length further back in third.

“'He will go back on the Flat and the long term aim this year will be the Galway Hurdle,” said successful trainer Tony Mullins.