Takeachancejimmy makes no mistake this time at Ballinrobe

Takeachancejimmy and Nathen Crosse win for trainer Nigel Slevin at Ballinrobe. Picture: Healy Racing

Runner-up to Aidan O’Brien’s Turnberry Isle in the race two years, Takeachancejimmy returned to Ballinrobe and bagged the featured KPMG Handicap on the opening day of the County Mayo track’s July meeting.

The Nigel Slevin trained seven-year-old was produced to challenge turning from home by Nathan Crosse and stayed on dourly to master joint-favourite Ides Of August well inside the final furlong for a length and a quarter success.