Cowboy gets helping hand

The Eoin Doyle-trained Mazuri Cowboy proved a shock and fortunate winner of a dramatic Lyons Of Limerick Jaguar Land Rover Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

The 40/1 shot edged past front-running Real Steel turning for home but had been headed by the strong-travelling odds-on favourite Renneti (Emmet Mullins) when the Royal Bond runner-up lunged at the second last flight and paid the penalty, taking a crashing fall and hampering the struggling Real Steel.

The Martin Ferris-ridden Mazuri Cowboy enjoyed a clear lead at the last but idled and tired on the run-in, allowing the rallying Real Steel, under Brian O’Connell, to close. And, in a dramatic finish, the line came just in time for the Paul Holden-owned Mazuri Cowboy, which held on by a neck.