Bryan Cooper partners promising Eric Bloodaxe to Limerick victory
Eric Bloodaxe and Bryan Cooper won the Lyons Of Limerick Jaguar Land Rover Novice Hurdle (Grade 2). Picture: Healy Racing
Back from his King George disappointment on Asterion Forlonge, Bryan Cooper partnered 11/8 favourite Eric Bloodaxe to a workmanlike victory in Monday’s Limerick feature, the Grade 2 Lyons Of Limerick Jaguar Land Rover Novice Hurdle.
Trained for Gigginstown House Stud by Joseph O’Brien, the Saint Des Saints gelding coped well with the step-up to two miles and seven furlongs, asserting at the final flight before powering clear to beat Freedom To Dream by seven and a half lengths.
