Go Gill Go vindicates Grace's faith

Go Gill Go delivered at 16/1 in Sligo's extended two mile one maiden hurdle.

With the rain getting into the ground the going was changed to yielding before this contest.

Philip Donovan 's mount made progress at the second last and soon moved into contention in third on the outer.

She grabbed a slight advantage up and over the last and was full of running in moving three and a half lengths clear at the winning post. Miss Arccol (9/2) was outgunned on the run-in in second but came home six lengths ahead of third-placed Ruleout (5/2f).

Trainer James Grace said: “It wasn’t that much of a surprise. We fancied her because she ran very well in Wexford the other day.

"We picked the wrong race for her there - 2m5f was too far for her and we brought her back to 2m1f today. In Wexford at today’s distance she was cruising but she didn’t see out the trip.

“She handled the ease in the ground but we were hoping it wouldn’t get too soft because she’ll go on better ground as well.

“She’s the only one I have in training at the moment. We’ll try and find a handicap for her and hopefully he (the handicapper) won’t give her too much for that. It was a very ordinary race.”

Additional reporting by Mark Nunan