Heffernan doubles up in ultra-tight photo finishes

Seamus Heffernan took the riding honours on the second day of the Tramore Festival, completing a double on Moveable Asset and Dimaond Pro, both of his winners prevailing by the narrowest margin, a nose, in ultra-tight photo finishes.

The versatile, Willie Mullins-trained Moveable Asset got up on the line to foil front-running Manuka in the EY Rated Race, prompting his trainer to admit: “We knew he liked it around here but this was his last chance after he disappointed us in Wexford the last day. He’ll mix it and will, hopefully, win another hurdle.”

Similarly the judge had to split Heffernan’s mount Diamond Pro, trained by John Murphy, and Dermot McLoughlin’s grey mare Ocean Bright in the Like Tramore Racecourse On Facebook Handicap.