St Lawrence Gap back in rude health at Tramore

It was a weekend of fierce inter-county rivalries on other sporting fields but yesterday’s feature at the Tramore August festival brought together a disparate group from the region to take the honours with St Lawrence Gap.

“The owners are from Kilkenny, Wexford, Tipp, everywhere,” said trainer Eoin Doyle of the South East Racing Club after a one-and-a-half length victory for their four-year-old, steered home by Paul Townend to see off the strong-finishing My Manekineko under Ruby Walsh.

Doyle himself hasn’t had the best run of things lately but saw St Lawrence Gap run well when second in the bumper on Thursday night, before going one better this time in the Richard Power Private Client Betting Handicap Hurdle at odds of 13/2.