Clever Currency strikes for Flynn & Flanagan

Clever Currency justified 15/8 favouritism (from 9/4) under Sean Flanagan, as he made all in the four-runner Frank O'Beirne Memorial Novice Handicap Chase.

Despite jumping slightly left at times, the Paul Flynn-trained chestnut found plenty when ridden away from the last, coming home two-and-three-parts of a length to the good in the colours of the Force Fifteen Syndicate.

Returned a 5/2 chance, Tempo Chapter Two threw down a challenge from the second last, but ultimately couldn't match the winner on the run-in and had to settle for second under Keith Donoghue.

The front pair went 30 lengths clear of Look Dont Touch in third.

Second over flights at Down Royal earlier this month, the winning son of Red Jazz was recording his third career success, with his two previous victories coming over the smaller obstacles.

"He ran really well the last day in Down Royal where he got caught by a well-handicapped horse," Flynn commented.

"He looks well handicapped over fences but he's probably just not as good over them. He is getting his own way around them now and if he could go left-handed somewhere, he could improve again over fences.

"Unfortunately we're running out of ground now that he's got the hang of it but he's been a lucky horse for the boys (Force Fifteen Syndicate) although none of them could come down today.

"He'll win over hurdles again and we'll probably keep running him for another month or so.

"He was a little bit out to his left and going left-handed would help that a lot. At home he jumps straight and it's just when he's dawdling a bit in his races that he goes that way.

"I thought he was going to be better over fences but mayble he's just getting used to them now. He's a horse that could be sold to England and, in fairness to the horse, he'd have a better chance over fences if he was going left-handed regularly around the likes of Stratford and Newton Abbot."

Additional reporting by Mark Nunan