'Double carpet' Reflection pops up at Dundalk

Starting off for the Niall Madden yard Gilded Reflection shrugged aside her top-weight burden to spring a 33/1 surprise in division one of the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap at Dundalk.

J P McManus owns the four-year-old daughter of Zoffany, and she was shedding her maiden tag here on outing number nine.

She'd previously had spells with the now retired David Wachman, and with Ralph Beckett cross-channel.

The sweet-travelling and eventual fourth home Nimitz shaped well, but it was Gilded Reflection that did best when the chips were down.

At the line the outsider had three parts of a length and a neck in hand over Miss Snossyboots and Vienna Circle

Winning rider and trainer's son Tom Madden said: "Thanks to Frank (Berry, McManus racing manager) and JP for giving her to dad. Ralph Beckett had her early on in the season and dad got her then halfway through the year. We haven't got her that long. 

"She battled nicely. She won well, she jumped and travelled great. I had it in my head to ride her to run well - first run and see if she would handle the all-weather and she loved it. She travelled great and got there and toughed it out well."

(MG & EM)