Over turns on the style in Hurdle

DONALD MCCAIN, a man with a famous pedigree, saddled Overturn to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, in front of an attendance of 44,418.

Over turns on the style in Hurdle
Fri, 30 Jul, 2010 - 01:00
Pat Keane

He is a son of the great Ginger McCain, who won the Aintree Grand National on three occasions with the legendary Red Rum.

Overturn was only the third British trained horse to win this contest, to go with Rushmoor in 1986 and Sagaman in 1991.

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