Queally has a cracking prospect in Uncle Danny

There was some competitive fare on offer at yesterday’s well-attended West Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point fixture at Lismore and handler John Queally, who was on the mark with former pointer Gaillimh A Chroi in the listed mares’ bumper at Sandown on Saturday, appears to have a cracking prospect on his hands in Uncle Danny who readily put his rivals to the sword in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Uncle Danny (4/1), who shaped with promise despite pulling up on his debut at Killeagh in January, always took the eye in running with Richie Harding and the son of Catcher In The Rye went to the front after the third last of the 14 obstacles.

Friendly Royal soon threw down a determined challenge and it was only inside the final 100 yards that Dick McGrath’s charge gave best with two and a half lengths separating the pair.