Opera completes hat-trick in grand style for Elliott

THE tremendous success story of Gordon Elliott continued at Killarney last night when his Grand Opera completed a hat-trick in the featured Ladbrokes’ Gold Rush Handicap Hurdle.

Opera completes hat-trick in grand style for Elliott
Sat, 22 Aug, 2009 - 01:00
Pat Keane

Speaking from England, where he has runners at Newton Abbot today, Elliott said: “I wasn’t going to run him because of the ground, but decided to as the money was so good.

“The plan is the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket, but he could run over hurdles at Bellewstown next week before that.”

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CourtsRacingPlace: KillarneyPlace: EnglandPlace: Newton AbbotPlace: CambridgeshirePlace: NewmarketPlace: BellewstownPlace: Ross Golf ClubPlace: Gowran ParkPlace: RoscommonPerson: ElliottPerson: Gordon ElliottPerson: Hot PortPerson: Ruby WalshPerson: WalshPerson: BarryPerson: GeraghtyPerson: Monahullan PrincePerson: Gerry KeanePerson: KeanePerson: Rory ClearyPerson: Lady GranuailePerson: Tom CooperPerson: Barry GeraghtyPerson: ListowelPerson: CooperPerson: Thomond O’MaraPerson: ToraidhePerson: SteigPerson: TarankaliPerson: Fran BerryPerson: John OxxPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: Johnny MurtaghPerson: Danehill DancerPerson: Maverick ManPerson: Pipers BlazePerson: Jamie CoddPerson: FingersPerson: ArmaramakEvent: Gold Rush HandicapEvent: Racegoers’ Club HandicapEvent: Maiden HurdleEvent: Mulvihill Media HandicapEvent: BEvent: Builders Ltd RaceEvent: Irish Stallion Farms’Event: Liam O’Connor Show Handicap HurdleEvent: Dr Paddy Fuller Memorial Order Of Malta RaceOrganisation: Grand OperaOrganisation: Ladbrokes’Organisation: Time ElectricOrganisation: M L Lynch Civil Engineering Ltd
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