Brideswell Lad springs Leopardstown surprise

SUPER SUNDAY: Brideswell Lad and Brian Hayes won the QuinnBet Handicap Chase for Seamus and Inagh Neville. Picture: Healy Racing 

Brideswell Lad, trained in Wexford by Seamus Neville for his wife Inagh, proved a shock winner of the €45,000 QuinnBet Handicap Chase, the feature race of Sunday’s action in Leopardstown.

The 33-1 shot was sent to the front by Brian Hayes leaving the back-straight and stayed on to score by a length and three-quarters from long-time leader Battle Of Mirbat with Birchdale a close third.