Casey Top lands gamble

Off the track since finishing unplaced in the Munster National last October, Casey Top captured the featured McSweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase in Killarney yesterday.

Ridden by local hero Bryan Cooper, the morning gamble jumped past front-running Derinlaur at the second last before stretching clear to beat gallant top-weight Tranquil Sea (conceding 28lb. to the winner) by four and a half lengths.

Casey Top is trained in Co Wexford by Leonard Whitmore, who explained: “He runs best fresh. He won a winners chase first time out last year and didn’t win again.