Green light for Amber Gambler as rivals come to grief

Derek O’Connor will be making a bold bid to regain his point-to-point title if yesterday’s well-attended Kilworth & Araglen Harriers fixture at Kilworth is anything to go by for he partnered a sparkling three-timer.

On an afternoon that saw the meeting’s proceeds go to injured riders’ JT McNamara and Jonjo Bright, O’Connor got the ball rolling aboard the Pat Doyle-trained newcomer Amber Gambler (2/1) in an eventful four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Ambler Gambler was always positioned at the head of affairs and he appeared to have his main danger removed when the challenging A Bold Move fell at the second last. Our Dancing Dandy however made up three lengths on the eventual winner and he was disputing the lead with the victorious German-bred when coming to grief at the final fence. Amber Gambler was then left clear to dispose of Double Take by ten lengths.