Bryan Cooper and Denise Foster were winners on Downpatrick’s Friday card with the We Are Going To Do It Syndicate-owned Longacre Square in the handicap hurdle over two miles and three furlongs. The 9/1 chance readily held off the late surge of the Gavin Cromwell-trained Silvertown by half a length.
Paddy Kennedy was successful on the James Fahey-trained Mamaslittlestar in the second division of the two and a half-mile maiden hurdle at Wexford on Friday. In a tight finish, the 17/2 chance got up in the final stride to pip the Seamus Neville-trained 9/4 favourite Brideswell Lad. The winner carries the colours of well-known racing journalist Gary Carson who was on reporting duty at the day’s other meeting, Downpatrick. The winning trainer’s partner Heather Heffernan said, “I’m delighted for Gary. He comes down and rides her out as well. We’re only a small yard and she’s one to look forward to and she could step up in trip. All she wants to do it run, she is very honest and keeps slogging it out.” This was a second racecourse winner for the Fahey team. Phillip Enright gave John Joe Walsh a winner on the night when partnering Knock Na Rea to a comfortable success in the second division of the mares’ handicap hurdle. The 11/4 chance led after the second last hurdle to easily account for Cornakill Rose by five and a half-length in the colours of owner Gerald Gormley.
