Thunder Down Under (Lisa O'Neill) leads home Cats For Cash (Barry O'Neill)© Photo Healy Racing
Gordon Elliott topped off his Fairyhouse treble in style saddling a 1-2 in the concluding Free Racecourse Wifi at Fairyhouse INH Flat Race as Thunder Down Under (5s into 4s) led home stable companion Cats For Cash (8s out to 10s).
This was a second win on the day for Gigginstown House Stud, earlier victorious with the Elliott-trained and Jack Kennedy-ridden Eclair De Beaufeu
The County Westmeath powerhouse looked like they might win the bumper when Mark O'Hare went for home on the Noel Meade trained favourite Deployed in the straight.
However the Lisa O'Neill-ridden Thunder Down Under headed him a furlong and a half out and then held Cats For Cash by three parts of a length.
Making it a Gigginstown 1-3 the aforementioned Deployed ended up two and three parts of a length back in third.
“It's been a good day. This is a big raw horse,” said Elliott on the point-to-point graduate.
“Both horses that we ran in the bumper we said were big babies and the way it suited we'd start them off.
“He's a grand horse. He's a horse for next year jumping.
“We might give him a run in a nice hurdle race to give him experience. He's more of a three miler.”
The other Cullentra House Stables winner of the session was Getaway John (Jack Kennedy) in the two mile seven furlong maiden hurdle.
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