Costello bags first 'track' winner as Glass springs shock Ill Raise A Glass powered away inside the final furlong to spring a 40/1 shock in the concluding bumper at Cork today, giving jockey Laura Costello her first winner on the racecourse. The Martin Fitzgerald-trained mare had been well beaten in two previous starts but left that form well behind this afternoon. She came to dispute turning for home in the two-miler and asserted in the closing stages, under Costello, to record a three-and-three-quarter length win over 15/8 favourite Jo’s Secret. "I've had five point-to-point winners but that's my first track winner and I had a look over to shoulder to check I'd won!,” said the winning rider. "The lads filled me with confidence today and I had watched the replays of her previous runs on softer ground when she didn't look to love it. They thought she might like today's nicer ground and it might have made the difference. "I'm from Clare, my dad is Dermot Costello (former point to point champion jockey) and this win has been a long time coming. I'm working with Andy and Willie Slattery, Aidan Fitzgerald and Pat Kelly in Galway, and at home." (Quotes by Tom Weekes)
