Go All The Way makes a fine start over fences
Having a first outing for 95 days, he stripped fresh and well and his jumping was especially good.
Partnered by very much in-form champion jockey Davy Russell, Go All The Way basically did half speed throughout and it always seemed just a matter of when the pilot asked him to go about his business.
Russell gave the accelerator a minor squeeze well before the home turn and Go All The Way soon eased clear to beat market rival, Burn And Turn, by an unflattering 11 lengths.
Commented Russell: “He will have learned a lot from that. He handed the ground and will handle better, but I’d imagine would struggle on heavy. He was full of exuberance.”
Most popular winner of the week thus far was surely Black Benny, trained by the remarkable Shane Broderick, in the Bunkers Bar Killorglin Handicap Hurdle.
Ridden by Denis Hogan, he was tanking up the straight and poised to take Headford Flyer’s measure when that one was none too clever at the final flight.
“It is nice to get a winner, especially at Killarney”, said Broderick. “He will probably go to Galway for a three mile 0-130 handicap, but there are other races there for him as well. He was always travelling best and it was just a matter of not getting there too soon.”
Joseph O’Brien stormed into the lead in the flat jockeys’ championship when previously once-raced Chamonix toyed with the opposition on the way to taking the Sika Signs Maiden.
Essentially, the Galileo colt never left second gear, cruising to the front three furlongs down to score going away by 12 lengths.
Commented Joseph: “He stays well, I don’t think it was a good race, but did it nicely.”
O’Brien is now on the 38-winner mark for the campaign — this was his ninth in four days — one ahead of Pat Smullen and Wayne Lordan.
There was a setback, however, for O’Brien in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Handicap when Beach Of Falesa proved most disappointing.
She had looked very progressive when winning at Leopardstown last week, and at Killarney on Monday night, and went off a tight odds-on shot.
Ridden out the back, she arrived with every chance in the straight, but never threatened to pick up, finishing a well-beaten fourth behind Jazz Girl.
Gary Carroll eased the 20-1 shot ahead at the furlong pole and she kept finding to beat Queens Visit.
Jazz Girl is trained in Co Tyrone by Andrew Oliver, who didn’t make the long journey south. Carroll reported: “She is tough and game and stays really well.”
Paul Carberry guided the Andy Slattery-trained 16-1 shot Black Mac to an easy win in the Ladbrokes’ Handicap Chase.
The ten-year-old made every yard of the running and threw a mighty leap at the last for a fearless Carberry to seal the deal.
“I have him about ten weeks and he improved for the run last week”, remarked Slattery.
“I was hoping the ground would be softer, if it was I’d have fancied him out of the way.”
California Rose followed her recent success at Bellewstown by landing the Killarney Oils Ltd Handicap. Partnered by Ben Curtis, the Pat Martin-trained daughter of Oratorio quickened clear inside the furlong to score by two lengths.
