Ballyoisin back in business with victory after 624-day absence at Ballinrobe

Ballyoisin and Mark Walsh jump the last on the way to winning the Corrib Oil Chase. Picture: Healy Racing

Back from a 624-day absence, classy Ballyoisin landed the Corrib Oil Chase in Ballinrobe, completing a double for Mark Walsh and owner JP McManus on what the ten-year-old’s trainer Enda Bolger described as “a great weekend for everyone concerned in Limerick.”

A dual Grade 2 winner, Ballyoisin adopted his customary front-running approach and, while his jumping was spectacular at times, he included a few sketchy leaps along the way before readily brushing aside the challenge of chief market rival Exit Poll by four and a quarter lengths.