Successful Clonmel trip for Pádraig Roche 

A tidy gamble was landed in the Crottys Lake Maiden Hurdle, in which Marlpark made all the running to land the spoils for John Ryan and jockey Shane Fitzgerald

UP AND OVER: Birdsandthebees and Peter Smithers, nearest, en route to winning the Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 7 Handicap Chase on Thursday. Picture: Healy Racing

Pádraig Roche sent two runners to Thursday’s meeting in Clonmel, and the Kildare trainer was on the mark with both, recording a double returning a little more than 17-1.

His Win Some Lose Some left it late to get on top in the Rathgormack Handicap Hurdle but when he got there, the Mark Walsh-ridden 100-30 favourite won with a bit to spare. Rated 116 in this race, it was a third win in just seven starts for the five-year-old who is out of a daughter of the classy Like A Butterfly, and it’s fair to deduce that there should be plenty more to come from him.