Donovan steers Shotgun Jack to Limerick success
TESTING CONDITIONS: Shotgun Jack and Philip Donovan win the Mr Binman Handicap Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing
The Pat Kelly-trained Shotgun Jack, who was a winner late last month, followed up in the Mr Binman Christmas Racing Festival December 26-29 Handicap Hurdle and while he is clearly still ahead of the handicapper, much of the credit for this win must go to jockey Philip Donovan.
In particularly testing conditions in which some of the riders struggled to judge the pace, he did it to a nicety aboard the 15-2 chance. In front throughout, he kept plenty up his sleeve for a final effort to see off the well-backed Happy Dreams, which he did by seven lengths.
