Spring Watch completes summer double

Connections of Spring Watch are enjoying their summer with the gelding as the Mouse Morris trained, J.P. McManus owned six year old followed up his May win at Punchestown with a second this season for jockey Donie McInerney in the Larry O'Farrelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon today.

The son of Mahler was a 16/1 winner in May and today justified 5/2 favouritism to beat Dawn Raider by two and a quarter lengths.

Afterwards Gold Cup, Grand National and Champion Chase winning trainer Morris said “he just missed out the last two and drifted over a bit on the run-in but he won well enough at the end.

“He's not the most straight-forward to train. They've done a great job with the ground here but it's probably quick enough for him.”

Quotes from Gary Carson