Darcy back from doldrums with a 39/1 double

MICHAEL HOURIGAN travelled to Leopardstown yesterday and missed seeing his City Storm run out a decisive winner of the Comeragh Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel.

The Topanoora gelding made all under Michael Darcy, who now rides out two days a week for the Limerick handler, and shrugged off the weak challenge of Banna Man with ease.

Hourigan was represented by his daughter Kay, who said: “He’s a horse who has had leg trouble and will now go for a handicap.”