Punchestown on Dirar radar

Dirar is likely to be in action at the Punchestown Festival next month following his victory over hurdles at Downpatrick on Sunday.

Punchestown on Dirar radar
Tue, 27 Mar, 2012 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

The seven-year-old was ending a losing streak going back to the Ebor on the Flat at York in August 2010.

Trainer Gordon Elliott was keen to give him a confidence-boosting success at Downpatrick, which came just nine days after he finished a respectable seventh to Alderwood in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham.

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