McDonogh continues relentless pursuit of title with double

DECLAN MCDONOGH continued his relentless pursuit of a first Jockeys' Championship when recording a double on Osprey View and Nakiska at rain-soaked Ballinrobe yesterday.

McDonogh has been in superb form all season and was bringing his tally for 2006 to 79 here, initiating the double on the Kevin Prendergast-trained Osprey View in the second division of the nine-furlong Moylough Concrete Handicap.

Carrying the colours of well-known Naas auctioneer Colm McEvoy, he finished strongly to peg back the flattering top-weight Merlins Profit to triumph by three quarters of a length.