Colonel seals emotional win for Sandra Hughes, two weeks after dad Dessie's death

Sandra Hughes gained an emotional first Grade One triumph just two weeks after the death of her father Dessie when Lieutenant Colonel won a dramatic Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

Colonel seals emotional win for Sandra Hughes, two weeks after dad Dessie's death
Sun, 30 Nov, 2014 - 17:13

Sandra Hughes gained an emotional first Grade One triumph just two weeks after the death of her father Dessie when Lieutenant Colonel won a dramatic Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

Having registered her first success with a licence just 24 hours earlier, Hughes was back in the winner’s enclosure thanks to the Gigginstown House Stud-owned gelding, ridden by Bryan Cooper.

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