Michael Graham

A Beau double for Elliott and Kennedy

Fri 17th Jun 2016, 21:33

Beau Et Sublime in winning form at Down Royal
© Photo Healy Racing

Beau Et Sublime brought up a Down Royal double for Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy when winning a thrilling finish to the beginners' chase.

The end of this two and a half mile contest was fought out by the 13/8 joint favourites - Beau Et Sublime and The Herds Garden

French-bred Beau Et Sublime was strongly pressed after the last by The Herds Garden and was all out to cling on by a neck.

The runner-up made a bad mistake at the sixth but crept into the race and was doing his best work at the end, under Sean Flanagan, but came up just short.

Jack Kennedy said: "Brilliant round of jumping, he never put a foot wrong. He jumped well the last day in Clonmel. He did it well, he was gutsy, he kept going. He has loads of scope over fences."

7.55

Hamilton & Kirk Beginners S'chase €11,000.00 2m 4f

1st

Beau Et Sublime (FR)

13/8JFav

Tote €2.40 €1.40

2nd

The Herds Garden (GB)

13/8JFav

€1.40

3rd

Sea's Aria (IRE)

16/1

4th

Master Bones (IRE)

16/1

Full Result

About Michael Graham

Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.

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