Cork report: Dromore Lad off the mark in style

The win was in extremely testing conditions this afternoon at Cork racecourse

Dromore Lad and Sean O'Keeffe win the Paddy Power Cork Grand National Handicap Steeplechase. Picture: Healy Racing.

There can be few better ways for a 125-rated chaser to break his duck over fences and end a near three-year winless run than by winning the Paddy Power Cork Grand National, but that is exactly what Dromore Lad did in extremely testing conditions this afternoon at Cork racecourse.

Having his fourth run for John Ryan, having previously been with Dermot McLoughlin, for whom he won four times over hurdles, the eight-year-old moved well throughout the three and a half miles of yesterday’s feature.