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Mark Nunan
Second winner this week for Simon Cavanagh as father's horse wins gamely
Live Every Day and Simon Cavanagh (near side) flatten the last but win from Resurrected Duke (far side)
© Photo Healy Racing
The Powerstown Demesne (QR) Handicap Hurdle produced a good finish and a very game winner in Live Every Day (16/1) who fended off several challengers in the home straight to win under Simon Cavanagh. Resurrected Duke (7/2) and No Grey Area’s (5/1) were the placed horse with just a neck and a short head between the first three home.
There was drama at halfway when the front-running Some Can Sing ran out at the bend past the stands and threw rider Rob James against a nearby vehicle, but luckily the rider was none the worse.
The winning 7-year-old, by Ask, had previously won at Listowel last year and was runner-up at that track last month as well.
The successful rider, claiming 7lbs, is enjoying a good run of success having won a bumper at Wexford on Bank Holiday Monday earlier this week.
Brendan Walsh, assistant to his father and winning trainer John Joe Walsh, said: "The last day we took the cheek-pieces off at Galway and he ran a bit free and the ground was a bit too good too and he likes a bit of juice.
"He is a fine big horse and we'll try and get another hurdle win out of him before going chasing.
"Simon (Cavanagh) gave him a good intelligent ride and waited. He was with us for a year when he finished school years ago and is a great lad to work and ride.
"That's his first hurdle winner and his father Richard owns and bred the horse."
Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes