Fogarty at the double

Mikey Fogarty took the riding honours on ‘Amateur’ day in Cork yesterday, completing a double on De Benno and Don’t Back Down, but also picked -up a four-day whip ban.

A morning gamble De Benno, one of just four horses trained by James Grace in Toomevara, County Tipperary, captured the Fegentri World Championship Handicap Hurdle at the expense of Coolnagorna Giggs.

A delighted and relieved Grace commented: “This is a problem horse. But he’s been in good form and was right today and we fancied him. He’s in again in Navan on Saturday and, if he’s okay, he’ll go there.”