Delight for ‘fabulous’ Evan Dwan aboard Mossback at Limerick

A dash from the school yard to the stable yard proved a profitable one for jockey Evan Dwan, as the 19-year-old Leaving Certificate student secured his maiden victory inside the rails by taking the closing race at Limerick aboard the Pat Doyle-trained Mossback.

Dwan, who won a point-to- point this term and finished third on his only other ride on the track, completed his Irish oral exam in Cashel Community School yesterday morning, before weighing out to ride the four-year-old debutant in the silks of the all-conquering Gigginstown House Stud.

The half-brother to the classy Staying Article travelled strongly for his inexperienced rider and, after being brought wide to challenge in the straight, stayed on best to deny Mon Lino.