Tipperary Racing Scene
Sheridan loses claim as he goes to the next level
Joey Sheridan took full advantage of his final day as a 3lbs claimer as he rode two winners at Tipperary on Tuesday of last week.
The Hollyford jockey rode out his claim at the Curragh on the previous weekend and he his opening success came on the Denis Hogan-trained Big Baby Bull in the claiming race over the extended seven furlongs.
The well-supported 5/2 chance was very much on top as he scored an easy two and a quarter-length success over the James McAuley-trained favourite Bringsty.
The Cloughjordan trainer also supplied Sheridan with his second winner as 16/1 chance Autumnal Breeze landed the five-furlong handicap. In the colours of owner Raymond Treacy, the three-year-old led inside the final furlong to beat the Katie McGivern-trained So Majestic by a length.
Rachael Blackmore and Henry de Bromhead shared a winner at Ballinrobe on Tuesday as Ring O Roses landed the second division of the two-mile maiden hurdle. Owned and bred by Liz Prowling, the five-year-old was sent off odds-on favourite and she had plenty in hand as she beat Gordon Elliott’s The Last Mardi by three lengths.
Owned by the Eight Ball Syndicate, the three-year-old Alfarida scored a battling success in the seven-furlong handicap at Roscommon on Thursday. Ridden by Andrew Slattery for his father Andy, the 5/1 chance battled well to beat the Joseph Murray-trained Master Garvey by a shorthead and give her owners their first winner.
At Fairyhouse on Thursday, Ben Coen and Tony Martin won the six-furlong handicap with Jackie Brown. The three-year-old led inside the final furlong and just held off Seamus O’Donnell’s long shot The Fog Horn to win by a shorthead.
Top Line Tommy, owned by Kay Russell, scored a runaway sixteen-length success in the opening beginners’ chase for trainer Edward O'Grady at Tramore on Friday. Ridden by Kieran Buckley, the 13/2 chance led after halfway and went clear from the second last fence to beat Gavin Cromwell’s Clairmc in fine style.
Martin Hassett won the mares’ maiden hurdle with the BTF Syndicate-owned Bynx. A 3/1 chance in the hands of Brian Hayes, the five-year-old held off the challenge of the Michael Barry-trained Lucky Viv by half a length.
Trainer Joe Murphy shared two winners with Gary Carroll, who ended the day with a treble, at Listowel on Saturday.
The pair were off the mark in the opening six and a half-furlong median sires series maiden which went the way of Mary The Priest. The Patricia Mullane-owned two-year-old made much of the running and scored by a length and three-parts from the Jack Davison-trained Scorchio.
Carroll followed up straight away on the Ross O'Sullivan-trained Warrior Brave in the Pat Smullen Handicap over the same distance and he made it three winners for himself and completed the Murphy double when taking the eight-furlong median auction race on the Tony Auld-owned Grey Leader. He got the better of the Jessica Harrington-trained Roman Hands by half a length.
Gavin Ryan gave Curragh-based Diego Dias his first winner as a trainer when partnering Winemaker to take the seven-furlong Shay Rooney Handicap.
Originally from Brazil, Dias has been in Ireland for twenty years and also owns the winner, which caried his colours to success at odds of 100/1 at Naas in August of last year. A 13/2 chance this time, Winemaker scored by an easy three lengths from the Austin Leahy-trained Linger For Longer.
Ryan completed a double of his own when taking the eight-furlong John Thomas McNamara Handicap on the Tom Gibney-trained Drop The Dip. He made all the running on the favourite which skipped clear early in the straight and scored by two and a quarter lengths from the David Marnane-trained Amemri.
Later that evening at Tramore, Danny Mullins partnered the John Ryan-trained Thunder to take the maiden hurdle over two miles and five furlongs. In the colours of owner Thomas Meagher, the 13/2 chance led after the first hurdle and made the rest of the running to score by eleven lengths from the David Fitzgerald-trained Emily In Paris.
The Templemore trainer was a winner again at Kilbeggan on Sunday where Flidais scored a remarkably easy win in the opening division of the two-mile two-furlong maiden hurdle. The Liam Quinlan-ridden 6/1 shot led after the second last hurdle and raced clear to beat the Philip Rothwell-trained El Champo by all of thirty lengths in Ryan’s own colours.
Denis Hogan won the three-mile handicap hurdle with 12/1 chance More Info, owned and bred by Tim Conroy. Ridden by Daniel King, the eight-year-old led also after the second last to beat the Michael Barry-trained Tuff Days, the 3/1 favourite, by four and a half lengths.
Ben Coen rode his second winner of the week as he took the opening six-furlong maiden for two-year-olds at Listowel on Sunday on the Shamrock Thoroughbreds-owned Rush Queen. The Ado McGuinness-trained 15/2 chance led well inside the final furlong to pip Michael O'Callaghan’s favourite Ashwiyaa by a neck.