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Three in a week for Ardglen

Sun 25th Sep 2011, 18:00

Ardglen showed real guts at Clonmel in getting up to beat long-time leader Hatton’s Wood to land his third handicap chase win in a week.

Shark Hanlon’s 6/4 favourite was ridden by seven-pound claimer Brian Hayes. The pair looked beaten (drifted to 28/1 in running) as Hatton’s Wood (16/1) kept up the gallop and jumped the last well but Hayes conjured a powerful finish out of his gelding to win by three-parts-of-a-length in the two-and-a-half-mile contest.

It was four lengths back to Dashing Ruby in third at 8/1.

Shark Hanlon praised his horse. He said: “He battled hard. Two-and-a-half-miles is too short for him. He will go to Sligo now on Wednesday in a race over three miles then he will have a break.

“He will be 18 pounds well in on Wednesday so we will have to go there. He’s as tough as nails and keeps plugging on.”

Michael Graham

CRSC 25th Anniversary H'cap S'chase (Rated 0-109) €10,000.00 2m 4f

1st

6/4Fav

Tote €2.40 €1.30

2nd

0.75L

Hatton's Wood (IRE)

16/1

€4.90

3rd

4L

Dashing Ruby (IRE)

8/1

€2.70

4th

6L

Marathon Leader (IRE)

14/1

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