Progressive Sumkindasuprstar gets off the mark in smooth style

THERE were doubles for riders Benny Walsh and Ross O’Sullivan at the rescheduled Kildare Hunt point-to-point fixture at Punchestown racecourse yesterday.

Walsh, who remains well on course for his best ever season, got off the mark aboard Sumkindasuprstar (3/1) in the opening two and a half mile four-year-old maiden.

The John Clifford-trained Sumkindasuprstar, who finished a fine third behind Sean Aherne’s Catch Bob on his debut at Kilworth earlier this month, travelled ominously well before overtaking Short Cover at the fourth last.