Seven up for Taglietelle at Dundalk

Taglietelle justified 5/4 favouritism in the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap in Dundalk last night, rewarding trainer Gordon Elliott for his decision to target the two-mile handicap rather than run the versatile six-year-old under top-weight, in unfavourably soft ground, in the valuable Fixed Brush handicap hurdle in Haydock today.

Ridden by talented teenager Jack Kennedy, Taglietelle came from off the pace to lead inside the final furlong and beat Eye Of The Tiger by a length and a quarter.

Elliott’s assistant Ollie Murphy said: “That’s seven he’s won for us now — he’s so consistent. The ground is too soft for him on the grass at the moment. But this surface suited him and I’d say he could come back here.