Old allies Phillip Enright and Robert Tyner took the second of the two-mile five-furlong handicap chases with the five-year-old Kobalt St Georges at Clonmel on Thursday. A 9/2 chance for owner Brendan Keogh, the five-year-old led approaching the final fence to beat Margaret Flynn’s 7/2 shot Toor Moon by two lengths.
Tom Cooper landed a cosy success at Galway on Sunday where the five-year-old Amen Kate took the mares’ maiden hurdle for owners Ciaran Mooney and John Ryan. Ridden by Sam Ewing, the 1/3 favourite made all the running and raced clear from the final hurdle to beat Ross O'Sullivan’s 11/1 shot Rainbow Connection by eight and a half lengths.
Other Racing News
Three top-flight winners over the weekend brought Aidan O’Brien’s Group 1 tally for the year to 25, leaving him just three short of his 2017 world record of 28 Group and Grade 1 ahead of the Breeders’ Cup in California later this week. At Doncaster on Saturday, the champion trainer’s Hawk Mountain and Ronan Whelan led home a 1-2-3 for Ballydoyle in the Futurity Stakes while Christophe Soumillon was in the saddle as both Puerto Rico (Criterium International) and Pierre Bonnard (Criterium de Saint-Cloud) scored impressive wins at Saint-Cloud on Sunday.
Upcoming Fixtures
Dundalk – Wednesday, October 29 (First race 2.23pm)
Thurles – Thursday, October 30 (First race 1.30pm)
Dundalk – Friday, October 31st (First race 5.30pm)
Down Royal – Friday, October 31 (First race 1.02pm)
Down Royal – Saturday, November 1 (First race 12.25pm)
Cork – Sunday, November 2 (First race 12.40pm)
Curragh – Sunday, November 2 (First race 12.25pm)
