In-form Luke Dempsey showcases talents as the Thunder Zone roars at CIT race Week

In-form Luke Dempsey again proved his star quality when partnering Thunder Zone, the outsider of just three runners, in the CIT race Week Hurdle on Student Race Day in Cork yesterday.

The young rider has enjoyed tremendous success in recent weeks, highlighted by his victory on Killultagh Vic in Cheltenham’s Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle.

And boosted by the news that he’ll ride last year’s winner and top-weight Stuccodor in the Tote-sponsored Irish Lincoln at the Curragh on Sunday, he gave Thunder Zone an enterprising ride to make all in yesterday’s feature, the four-year-old resisting the challenge of odds-on favourite Sadler’s Risk before fluffing the final flight and forging clear to triumph by seven lengths.