Restoration continues on upward curve

RESTORATION, who had been hugely disappointing until getting off the mark in a maiden at Kilbeggan last Friday night, continued his upward curve when taking the Kerryman four-year-old Hurdle at Tralee yesterday.

Noel Meade's gelding scored with any amount in hand, but had to survive a particularly scary moment after the final flight.

He went right down on his nose with pilot, Paul Carberry remarking: “I don't know what happened, he just stumbled.”