Cork report: Kyprios gets three-year-old season off to the perfect start

'He’s not too slow and I was happy with him today. He’s right up there or just behind the best of them'

Kyprios and Seamie Heffernan win the Blackwater Race. Picture: Healy Racing

Kyprios, from the incredible family of two-time Irish Leger winner Search For A Song, Group 1 winner Free Eagle, and prolific winners Custom Cut and Sapphire, amongst others, got his three-year-old season off to the perfect start by winning the Blackwater Race on the card in Cork.

Isle Of Sark and Blue For You shared the lead from an early stage and the eventual winner was one of the first off the bridle. However, Aidan O’Brien’s runner showed stamina in spades to get on top late to win a shade comfortably from the staying-on O’Reilly.