Sego gets off the mark in style

Adrian Maguire seems to have a rich source of talent at his disposal this season and, following Up The Ante’s facile debut success at the Kildorrery point-to-point on Saturday, the Laharn Cross-based operator sent out Sego Success to oblige in ridiculously-easy fashion at yesterday’s Carbery Hunt meeting at Kilpatrick outside Bandon.

Sego Success (2/1), a creditable fourth to Oscar Fortune on his initial outing at Boulta in November, made all the running giving an exhibition of fencing in the process. Whilst runner-up Dark Outsider edged closer from the second last, the victorious son of Benefical was always possessing too many aces for Denis Ahern’s charge with three and a half lengths ultimately separating the pair.

“This horse wasn’t quite right after Boulta,” confessed Maguire of the Chalkmead Ltd-owned Sego Success. “If anything, he’s best when coming from off the pace and we will now have a think about the Pegus bumper at Cork over Easter.”