Rog opens account over fences

Call Rog and Spot Fine provided Mouse Morris with a 26/1 double on another successful Student Day in Sligo yesterday.

Morris admitted: “It’s 40 years since I was here,” after the J P McManus-owned Call Rog opened his account over fences — at the seventh attempt — in the IT Sligo Student Day At Sligo Races Beginners Chase, proving seven lengths superior to Kilcarry Bridge. “It’s a nice start to the season and he’ll go for a handicap over a little bit further, but we won’t be getting too excited,” added Morris, while winning rider Mark Walsh acknowledged: “That was the best he’s ever jumped.”

Morris was on the mark again in the concluding St. Angela’s College Sligo Beginners Chase when Spot Fine, without a win in twenty-five previous starts, made all under David Casey and held the challenge of odds-on favourite Time Please by a nose, after the runner-up made a significant mistake at the fourth last fence.