College Daisy takes opener at Kilbeggan

Dessie Hughes kept up his terrific record around Kilbeggan when landing the opening race on this evening’s card, The Pat Doyle Memorial Mares Novice Hurdle with 9/2 shot College Daisy under Roger Loughran.

Winning trainer Hughes stated afterwards, "She did it well, she’s been in particularly good form lately and we thought she’d run well. She’d a good run at Tipperary but she’d no race in Galway.

"Ian McCarthy rode her in Galway last time out and when he got down to the start he felt the saddle was a bit loose so he got down to fix it and when he got back up one of the handlers flicked the reins back over his head."

"When they jumped off Ian tried to bring the horse to the inside rail so he pulled on the reins but horse went in the other direction as the reins had twisted.”