Westerner Point lands the spoils

The UCC Don’t Step On The Crest Handicap Hurdle was the feature event on Students’ Raceday in Mallow, writes Tommy Lyons, and local trainer Eoghan O’Grady landed the spoils with the game Westerner Point, ridden by Philip Enright.

The winner was exploiting a mark 29lbs lower over hurdles than over fences, and made it all look quite straightforward, as he travelled smoothly throughout and only had to be shaken up to go clear to the line.

O’Grady, who took the valuable Novice Handicap Chase final on Sunday at Navan, with the impressive Mick The Jiver said: “He settled well today, jumped well and stayed the three miles well. I think it happened a bit easier for him today (than on his last run over hurdles), he may have been taken off his feet the last day.