Scottish Dancer (blinkers) © Photo Healy Racing
After Rauzan s easy win in the novice hurdle, Eoin Doyle completed a quick double at Downpatrick when Scottish Dancer (17/2) gained his first win over jumps in the Margaret & Shaun Harte Welcome Sidharth & Rashmi Singh From The Marwari Horse Society Handicap Hurdle.
Twice a winner on the Flat when trained in Britain, the son of Highland Reel improved from mid-division to dispute the lead two out and forged clear after the last to beat Mrs Biddle by a length and a half.
Doyle said of Mrs Christina Hughes' five-year-old: "He's been running on soft ground and probably wants a bit of better ground.
"He travelled well here the last day and fell at the third-last - Finny Maguire rode him and he thought he had plenty of horse left.
"Banking on that, we were hoping for a good run but he stayed at it well, in fairness. We did think he would run a nice race.
"Tramore or something like that next, maybe keep it local.
"It is a long way up here today, he's in Killarney on Thursday and I don't think he'll run - it's a long way from here to Killarney!
"We'll see how he is and make a plan from there. I think he is a horse that will improve."
Quotes from Michael Graham
