‘Headbanger’ Bobdoes the business

Bob Lingo continued the tremendous run of owner JP McManus when bagging the €75,000 Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase on the final day of the Easter Festival at Fairyhouse.

‘Headbanger’ Bobdoes the business
Wed, 11 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
John Ryan

Described by his trainer Tom Mullins as “a bit of a headbanger’, Bob Lingo raced close to the pace throughout and stayed on stoutly for Mark Walsh in the closing stages to beat Foildubh by three and a half lengths, with the flattering Uncle Tom Cobley fading to finish third.

The McManus-owned favourite Sot From The Hip (Tony McCoy) flopped, finishing a distant sixth while his Cheltenham Festival winner, top-weight Bellvano, sustained fatal injuries in a last fence fall.

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CourtsRacingPlace: FairyhousePlace: PunchestownPlace: LimerickPlace: Roscarberry,Place: Co CorkPlace: ThurlesPlace: CheltenhamPlace: MallowPlace: PortugalPerson: BobdoesPerson: Bob LingoPerson: JP McManusPerson: Tom MullinsPerson: Mark WalshPerson: FoildubhPerson: Tom CobleyPerson: McManusPerson: Tony McCoyPerson: BellvanoPerson: Christy RochePerson: McCoyPerson: Gorgeous SixtyPerson: Ruby WalshPerson: RochePerson: FrankPerson: Frank BerryPerson: Willie MullinsPerson: Michael O’NeillPerson: MullinsPerson: Colin BowePerson: Clondaw KaempferPerson: Nicky HendersonPerson: Snake EyesPerson: Jane ManganPerson: Colin MotherwayPerson: James’ Corky’ CarrollPerson: ASKANNAPerson: GirlPerson: Lady FowlerPerson: PaddyPerson: JanePerson: Jimmy ManganPerson: Damien MurphyPerson: SALSIFYPerson: CarrigmartinPerson: Niall ‘Slippers’ MaddenPerson: Mister FarmerPerson: Martin BrassilPerson: Bernard CarrollPerson: Kylebeg KrystleEvent: Dan Moore Memorial Handicap ChaseEvent: Easter FestivalEvent: Cheltenham FestivalEvent: ChristmasEvent: HurdleEvent: Galway HurdleEvent: Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales BumperEvent: John Fowler Memorial Mares ChaseEvent: Irish Grand NationalEvent: Fairyhouse Steel Joseph R.O’Reilly Memorial Huners ChaseEvent: Fairyhouse Committee Handicap ChaseOrganisation: ConsumptionOrganisation: Christies Foxhunters
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