‘Mile has Galway Hurdle in his sights

JOHN Kiely’s Oneeightofamile made a victorious return to hurdling in the featured Dermot Casey-Hire Sales and Tree Services Hurdle at Cork’s well-attended jumps fixture last night.

Oneeightofamile, winner of a handicap hurdle at the Punchestown Festival in early May, before sluicing home in a flat handicap at Limerick last month, travelled well for capable 7lbs claimer David Splaine en route to taking up the run after the third last.

Whilst runner up Powerstation still held every chance throughout, Oneeightofamile asserted on the flat to oblige by two and a half lengths with the favourite Won In The Dark a further half length adrift in third, but Sabrina Harty’s charge didn’t aid his cause by erring at both the third last and also the final flight.