Poignant Fairyhouse victory for Alan O’Sullivan

Hitthehayson took the honours in a ace run in memory of his brother Michael and Lorna Brooke

EMOTIONAL SUCCESS: Hitthayson and Alan O'Sullivan en route to winning the Michael O’Sullivan & Lorna Brooke Ireland V Britain Challenge Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse on Friday.  Picture: Healy Racing 

On an emotional and poignant day for his family, Alan O’Sullivan partnered the Ian Donoghue-trained Hitthehayson to a chase debut success in the Michael O’Sullivan & Lorna Brooke Ireland V Britain Challenge Handicap Chase on a Fairyhouse card which survived two inspections.

Hitthehayson, a six-year-old winner of two handicap hurdle in recent months, stayed on dourly to beat favourite Duffys Hodey by two and three-quarter lengths, with Decimation, ridden by O’Sullivan’s first cousin Maxine in third spot.