Long trek again pays-off for Dick Naylor

IT’s a long way from Banbridge in Co Down to Clonmel, but it paid off for trainer, Jerry Cosgrave, when his Dick Naylor won the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

The horse made the same journey in December to take his bumper and clearly finds the Tipperary air very much to his liking.

Always on the pace for Andrew McNamara, the winner found plenty in the straight to stride away from the flattering Lenabane after the second last.