Barry Geraghty lands his first domestic four-timer

Barry Geraghty recorded his first four-timer in Ireland when stepping in for two winning spare rides for the irrepressible yard of Gordon Elliott and adding one each for Joseph O’Brien and Eric McNamara yesterday afternoon at his local track, in Fairyhouse.

The Meathman got off to a perfect start with a tactically astute ride aboard Elliott’s Woodford Island – the intended mount of Ruby Walsh - in the beginners’ chase which got proceedings underway.

There was plenty of late support for stable-companion Crest but that one’s race was over after a third mistake, at just the third fence, proved his downfall. Woodford Island can be difficult to win with but, Geraghty delivered him with a late effort to beat the easy-to-back Jimmy Two Times.