Sir Frederick rises to the occasion in Plate romp

THE west Cork lads, ably assisted by talented trainer Liam Burke and up-and-coming pilot Kevin Colman, took Ballybrit by storm yesterday when Sir Frederick powered to a magnificent success in the William Hill Galway Plate.

Sir Frederick is owned by the seven-member Seven Heads Syndicate, with one of the team, Paddy Whelton, declaring: “Six of us are from Barryroe and one from Kildare and he’s married to a Barryroe woman.”

For Mallow handler Burke it was the biggest win of his career and a superb training performance on his part.