The Cobbler Swayne boots rivals into touch in maiden

Ground conditions were extremely demanding at yesterday’s Carbery Hunt point-to-point fixture at Kilpatrick outside Bandon.

One horse however who wasn’t hindered by the deep underfoot surface was The Cobbler Swayne, owned and bred by Davy Russell’s father Jerry, who readily put his rivals to the sword in the opening five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

The Cobbler Swayne (5/1), trained by the absent Sam Curling who was on duty at Lemonfield, overcame in excess of a three and a half month lay-off by storming past long-time leader Mai Fitzs Jack on the inner after the third last of the 13 obstacles and he duly bounded clear to beat the staying-on Wood Pigeon by 15 lengths.