Royal County Star takes Punchestown glory

Royal County Star put up a polished performance to take a nice prize at Punchestown in the shape of the Enhance Marketing Chase this evening.

Wed, 27 May, 2009 - 19:47

Royal County Star put up a polished performance to take a nice prize at Punchestown in the shape of the Enhance Marketing Chase this evening.

Things were made easier for the Tony Martin-trained 10-year-old when 6-5 favourite Jayo made a bad blunder at the third-last and Davy Russell was cruising on the 5-2 second-favourite coming to two out.

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