King Of The Castle and National Ballet give Aidan O’Brien Limerick double

Seamus Heffernan and National Ballet on the way to victory in the Caherdavin Handicap at Limerick. Picture: Healy Racing

On a day when Broome, superbly ridden from the front by Colin Keane, gave him a first win in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Aidan O’Brien shared a Limerick double with Seamus Heffernan as both King Of The Castle and National Ballet justified favouritism.

The day’s hotpot, Aidan O’Brien’s King Of The Castle duly justified 4-9 favouritism in the Garryowen Maiden, struggling briefly to assert early in the straight before stretching clear to beat Shinpachi by four and a quarter lengths.