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.

Tue, 15 May, 2012 - 01:00
John Ryan

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.

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CourtsRacingPlace: KillarneyPlace: Co WexfordPlace: AintreePlace: NavanPlace: FairyhousePerson: Casey TopPerson: Bryan CooperPerson: DerinlaurPerson: Leonard WhitmorePerson: Adrian HeskinPerson: Wolf HallPerson: Andrew LynchPerson: Sabrina HartyPerson: Terence O’BrienPerson: Tom DoylePerson: Harry CashPerson: O’BrienPerson: Enda BolgerPerson: John Thomas McNamaraPerson: JP McManusPerson: Dan LinehanPerson: Roger McGrathPerson: Declan QueallyPerson: Grainne DelightPerson: William HayesPerson: CorbettPerson: ShrapnelPerson: Charles ByrnesPerson: ElsiePerson: Jane ManganPerson: Nina CarberryPerson: Billy LaniganPerson: LaniganEvent: Munster NationalEvent: McSweeney Arms Hotel Handicap ChaseEvent: Galway PlateEvent: Laurels Bar Maiden HurdleOrganisation: MD O’Shea & Sons HurdleOrganisation: Stallion FarmsOrganisation: Keg Security Tralee Maiden
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