Quick picks up prize for Martin

A year ago Tony Martin and Stephen Clements combined to land the Connacht Hotel Handicap with Edeymi and they repeated the feat last night when Quick Jack stormed away with the first feature of the week at the Galway festival.

It was a smashing piece of training on the part of Martin, who put the five-year-old aside for this major prize, after he had finished third over flights at Leopardstown in January.

Quick Jack stripped fit and well and travelled like a dream through the contest. Grecian Tiger was committed for home a fair way out, but the winner ranged up as a big danger early in the straight.