Rising turns on the magic in final
In a near replica of the semi-final, the son of Droopys Scholes and Rising Angel was shielded from trouble as Mumhan Aris raced for the rails in the early stages and he employed his own impressive early pace to turn in front. Favourite Paid Paddy raced in second place all the way but hard as he tried he was unable to reel in the leader, who ran on strongly to score by a length and a half in 28.58.
There was more success for the Derby-winning family when Burgess Star took the closing race for JJ Fennelly and Sheila Spillane. Also a half-brother to Taylors Sky — this time by Droopys Vieri — he ran the inside line to perfection to earn his 17th career success, with a 28.82 return.
Teddy Lawton’s Lagile Sultan, from the very promising Tyrur Ted and Loskeran Dee Jay litter, ran out a very comfortable winner of the O’Riordan Brothers’ A5 final. The youngster broke in front, showed fine early dash and built a race-winning advantage racing out of the second bend. He was comfortably in control from that point and ran out an impressive two and a half lengths winner in 28.95.
There were four first round heats of the Irish & European A2 up for decision and Brendan O’Shea’s Crossfield Star landed the odds with a 28.82 success in the first heat. In heat two, the Johnny Linehan-trained Curryhills Hawki completed a four-timer when leading from the first turn to post 28.78. Michael Spillane’s Estabanfan produced a big performance to take the third heat in 28.68, while Killbarry Rover, trained by Graham Holland for Donal Ross, overcame trouble to take the last heat in 29.16.
