Stand Up And Fight gets the best of hunters’ battle at Fairyhouse

Stand Up And Fight and Aine O Connor (near) jump the last to win The Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee Celebrating 150 Years Hunters Steeplechase. Picture: Healy Racing.

Stand Up And Fight, trained for J P McManus by Enda Bolger and confidently ridden by Aine O’Connor, landed a dramatic Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee Celebrating 150 Years Hunters Chase on ‘Point-to-Point’ day in Fairyhouse.

The 16/1 shot, blinkered for the first time, jumped well and cruised into the lead turning for home.