Make A Challenge leaves poor run behind

Make a Challenge and Joe Doyle (right) beats Urban Beat (left) to win the Sky Bet Midsummer Sprint Stakes at the Curragh todayPhoto: Healy Racing

Make A Challenge left behind the disappointment of his Greenlands defeat by taking the featured listed Sky Bet Midsummer Sprint Stakes at the Curragh for Joe Doyle and Denis Hogan.

The five-year-old set out to make all, was passed by Urban Beat over a furlong out, but responded generously to get back in front in the closing stages. It was a fourth victory at the Curragh for the now eight-time winner. “The last day didn’t really go great – our tactics didn’t work,” said Hogan.