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- Gigginstown and Cooper double up
Gigginstown and Cooper double up
Cape Glory and Bryan Cooper leads from Wood Breizh and Ruby Walsh at the last
© Photo Healy Racing
Gigginstown House Stud and Bryan Cooper followed up their success half-an-hour earlier with the Willie Mullins-handled Gangster when Cape Glory led home a Gordon Elliott-trained one, two in the Athlone Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon.
Now three from three when tackling this two and a half mile trip, Cape Glory (8/1) assumed command from before the last, where eventual fifth home, well-backed second favourite Bishopslough was squeezed for room and had to switch.
The strong favourite Steel King (7/2 into 2/1) was beaten at that stage, and though he finished off well the best he could do was fourth at the line.
Meanwhile Cape Glory stretched away on the run-in to account for his stable companion, From Frost and Wood Breizh by three and three parts of a length and half a length.
"He did it well and the step back up to two and a half miles helped him. He'll probably go chasing soon," reported Cooper, who was cautioned to ride with more care after the aforementioned incident.
(DM & EM)