Hansian Prince scores for Lyons & Keane

Ger Lyons Hansian Prince gained a second career win in testing ground at Cork today, landing the Easter Festival April 15-17th Rated Race under the trainer’s stable jockey Colin Keane.

The son of Arcano won his maiden at Limerick on soft ground last term and following today’s win, Shane Lyons, representing brother Ger, later stated “we're delighted with that and delighted that we have a soft ground horse! The key to him is soft ground and he loves it.

"On that ground out there, any horse that is half-thinking about it, will not win and will not get home.

"Colin was good at him. He won with blinkers last year and we left them off the last day with freshness but it was a good call to put them back on today.

"We'll cherry-pick his races and he was well advised to us by Katie McGivern, who has been very lucky for us, and is a fun horse for Vincent and Geraldine (Gaul). He's a handicapper and will go for a handicap next."

By Tom Weekes