Patrick, fittingly, gets his day in the sun

Patrick’s day? You bet it was.
Patrick, fittingly, gets his day in the sun
Fri, 18 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Brendan O'Brien

And about time, you could say, given the first Festival win for Patrick Kelly with Mall Dini in yesterday’s Pertemps Network Final arrived a good 26 years after the Galway trainer first pitched up here with a horse and hope in tow.

Art Trail was his first offering back in 1990. That ended with a broken leg.

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RacingCheltenham 2016Place: LeopardstownPlace: The CurraghPlace: CheltenhamPlace: CraughwellPlace: GalwayPlace: MullingarPerson: PatrickPerson: Patrick KellyPerson: Mall DiniPerson: Art TrailPerson: Willie MullinsPerson: KellyPerson: Davy RussellPerson: Arpege d’AlenePerson: Pat HughesPerson: Philip ReynoldsPerson: PatPerson: ReynoldsPerson: Jason TitleyPerson: JaysusPerson: JasonPerson: DavyPerson: RussellPerson: TitleyPerson: Reynolds’Person: ZabanaPerson: OutlanderPerson: Andy LynchEvent: National Hunt ChaseEvent: Galway HurdleEvent: McDonagh HandicapEvent: 1995 Grand NationalOrganisation: TakeOrganisation: TownOrganisation: Royal AthleteOrganisation: Ireland
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