Cerca Trova takes her "bit of luck"

There was drama at the last when leader Killare Castle crashed out, leaving Cerca Trova with the win in the Tom Carroll Memorial Handicap Chase at Tramore.

The Jim Dreaper-trained and Andrew Lynch-ridden Cerca Trova was patiently ridden and came with her bid from before two out.

She was pressing Killare Castle, but backers of that one are entitled to feel hard-done by as he was toughing it out well when coming to grief at the final fence under Ryan Treacy.

"It's hard to know how it would have played out. I thought if I got a good jump at the last that I'd go close. She wasn't stopping and sure you need a bit of luck," remarked Lynch.

For his part Tom Dreaper, son of the winning trainer, added: "She fractured her cannon bone on her last run last season. She might be covered sooner rather than later. She is a great fun mare for the owner."

M.A. Enright, rider of Town Pond trained by Peter L. Kavanagh, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount tired quickly.

(DM & EM)