Preists Leap rolls back the years in open lightweight

It was a case of rolling back the years at the rescheduled Kanturk – Duhallow point-to-point meeting at Dromahane on Saturday for Robert Tyner’s 13-year-old Preists Leap sluiced home in the open lightweight.

Preists Leap (6/1), winner of consecutive renewals of the coveted Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park in 2008 and 2009 when under the care of Thomas O’Leary, was clearly travelling best on the run to three out and he mastered the odds-on Boxing Along from the second last to triumph by a comprehensive eight lengths.

“I knew that he had improved from finishing third here last month and he was working really well at home. We will now keep going in points,” reported Tyner of Preists Leap, now owned by Sinead O’Sullivan from Ballinascarthy, who also led-up the winning veteran.