Mangan’s daring manoeuvre pays off on Conna Cross

Father and son, Jimmy and Paddy Mangan, teamed up to take the most-valuable race, the Graun Hill Suite Beginners’ Chase, on yesterday’s national hunt card on a well-attended inaugural student race-day at Tramore.

In the absence of Miracle Cure, five went to post, but it was an eventful race. Morning support for Leader’s Choice had the filly vying for favouritism with the easy-to-back Double Island, while the on-track money was for Castlewhite.

Double Island appeared to stumble on the flat on the first circuit, and was later pulled up between fences, while the two gambled-on horses were foiled by 6-1 chance Conna Cross, who was brought through with a daring run along the inside to lead after the last.