Brandy Harbour and Diarmuid Moloney© Photo Healy Racing
Outsider-of-the-field Brandy Harbour (14/1) credited elated winning jockey Diarmaid Moloney with a sixth success today, landing Cork's Coolmore N.H. Sires Capri Handicap Chase for trainer Grainner O'Connor.
The nine year old was held up in the nine-runner race, improved to lead between the the final two fences and scored readily under his ecstatic rider.
O'Connor or husband Paurick O'Connor weren't present and Moloney reported “I work for Paurick's brother Derek (O'Connor) who goes through my races and gives me pointers on my riding, so it is great to have a figure like that telling me where I'm going right and wrong.
“This is brilliant for Grainne and Paurick who have a small team of mainly point to pointers and hopefully this helps me to keep the ball rolling in my career.”
He added “he is quirky enough and had been out of form recently. We took him to the beach a few days ago and he was in good order but he wouldn't show you much at home.
“We changed things at home with him and the less you gallop him the happier he is. We go to the beach a good bit, not to gallop but just to have him in the water and it sweetens him up.
“I had a good run around and got two big jumps when I needed them. I kept it cool, didn't panic and the race unfolded in front of me and when I asked him he found for me, Everything has to happen right for him or he sulks.”
