Light shines for Geraghty

RUBI LIGHT, a morning gamble and backed from 7/4 to 5/4 on track, made a successful start over Irish fences when making all to land the Martin Reilly Hyundai Chase at Sligo yesterday, highlight of a superb treble for Barry Geraghty.

The strapping French-bred five-year-old, successful over fences in his native land before joining Robbie Hennessy, jumped impeccably under Geraghty, with the exception of a blunder at the fifth, and stayed on stoutly to keep Streets Of Gold at bay by a length and a quarter.

The performance delighted Hennessy, who trains Rubi Light for his father Bill. He explained: “Barry was happy with him and said he’d come a on a ton for the run. He can't run in novice chases, which is a shame. So we'll have to take him home and make plans for him. We’ll have to see what the handicapper thinks of him. He’s a horse with a future, I hope. And I’ve always felt he’d make a better chaser than hurdler.”