Ashmore forced to pull out all the stops

CATUNDA Ashmore, the long odds favourite, won the Galbally Stake yesterday but had to pull out all the stops in the final to get the better of Killeagh Turbo.

The Owen McKenna trained black, who had already won the Munster Cup at Newcastlewest this season, was 1-5 to come out on top yesterday morning and having accounted Quinlan, who went unsighted, in the quarter-final and coming from behind to put out Glen Aine by five lengths in the semi-final, he looked set fair.

At the top of the draw Killeagh Turbo, despite changing sides, came from behind to have two and a half lengths to spare over Mar City at the escape in his quarter-final and then raced away from Whytanyard Ned to have a six lengths advantage at the escape.