Fortune favours Maree in Cork National

Dessie Hughes’ Raz De Maree followed his recent success in the Munster National at Limerick by adding the Paddy Power Cork Grand National at Cork yesterday.

Whether he was lucky or not, however, we will never know. Outlaw Pete went to the front going to the second last and still held a marginal advantage heading to the final fence.

But just before the obstacle, he swerved away to his right, giving Alan Crowe no chance of keeping the horse on the track.