Doubles for Cullen and Heskin as Sizing Codelco impresses

On a day when Adrian Heskin and trainer-rider John Cullen shared the riding honours with doubles, the Henry de Bromhead-trained Sizing Codelco looked the day’s best prospect for the future when justifying odds-on favouritism in the €25 Punters Pack Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

A promising sixth behind Western Boy on his debut in a hot Leopardstown maiden at Christmas, the imposing five-year-old son of Flemensfirth, was supported from even money to 4/6, to the virtual exclusion of his rivals, and duly delivered in the hands of Andrew Lynch.

Always close to the pace, he stretched clear between the last two flights before ‘missing’ the last and idling on the run-in. But he had more in hand than his winning margin of two and quarter lengths over 100/1 shot Black Spot On might suggest.