White Socks comfortably off the mark

The second Bree Hunt point-to-point meeting within a week took place at Monksgrange in Co Wexford on Saturday and there were doubles for Jamie Codd and Barry O’Neill, who look set to dominate this season’s riders’ championship.

Codd moved onto the 37 winner mark for the campaign, three clear of O’Neill, by bringing up his two-timer aboard the David O’Brien-trained White Socks (5/2) in the closing six-year-old and upwards geldings’ maiden.

White Socks, a pleasing third on his only previous start at Borris House in December, led from after the second last to beat favourite Manwell by three lengths in the colours of British-based owner Michael Allen.