First double for veteran trainer Ross

VETERAN trainer Cecil Ross savoured the first double of his training career when favourites Lisrenny Lady and Son Of My Heart, both ridden by Robbie Colgan, landed the opening maiden hurdles at Sligo last night.

Ross, who is based outside Mullingar, recalled a double achieved by his late father, with Another Pooka (which he rode himself) and Imperial View at Fairyhouse in the late 70’s, and admitted: “We came here, hoping for the best, with two horses with chances and, miraculously, it came off.”

Normally a front-runner, Lisrenny Lady, owned by the Molloy family from Ballymahon, County Longford, chased the leaders throughout. Her proven stamina saw her come through to collar Killtilane Rose on the run-in before drawing clear to beat fast-finishing Some Say by four and a half lengths.