Rain arrives in time for Park The Giant

Overnight rain arrived in time for Park The Giant (7/2) to win at Killarney today, as the Philip Fenton-trained gelding landed the Diarmuid Cronin Electrical Ltd Maiden Hurdle under jockey Brian Hayes.

The large Walk In The Park-sired six-year-old had previously won a point-to-point in April 2023 and today got off the mark over hurdles at the sixth attempt, when holding off Winning Smut by a half-length.

Afterwards Fenton reported “he is a huge fella and this was going to be his last run of the season. If the rain hadn't come, he was going out in a field and when the rain came last night we let him take his chance.

“If he had been beaten today, he was going to make a hunter chaser but now he'll go chasing next season.”