Smullen moves to within one of O’Brien in title race

Pat Smullen moved within one of Joseph O’Brien in the race for the Jockeys Championship when Along Came Casey, trained by Dermot Weld for his mother, bolted-up in the Next Meeting At Gowran Park October 5th & 6th Handicap last evening.

Fifth in the recent Irish Cambridgeshire, Along Came Casey justified hefty support (backed into 6/4 favouritism), stretching clear to slam Cheval Rouge by more than four lengths.

On a night when he saddled three seconds, Weld commented: “She had a good run in the Irish Cambridgeshire. This was a less competitive race and she appreciated the bit of better ground. We’ll look for some black type with her now.”