Present View poised for better things

Many of those present at yesterday’s well-attended Lismore point-to-point left adamant they had witnessed a future superstar when Paul Cashman’s Present View destroyed the opposition in the second division of the Four-Year-Old Geldings’ Maiden.

The Presenting-sired Present View (5/4 – evens), who fell when disputing the lead with Smiles For Miles in a two and a half mile Dromahane contest the previous Sunday, made all the running with Larry Murphy and had Ian Ferguson’s newcomer, Medieval Chapel, as his closest pursuer for most of the journey. It was apparent that the sweet-jumping Present View was well in command from the penultimate obstacle and he duly defeated the promising Medieval Chapel by 12 lengths with a ten-length gap to the third-placed Letbeso.

“This is a grand big, strong imposing horse and he just could be anything. My late father Liam bought him as a foal,” said Cashman of Present View, a May 1st foal that races in the colours of his mother Catherine.