John Joe Walsh with his son Brendan© Photo Healy Racing
Followers of the John Joe Walsh yard have come upon winners at some very rewarding odds in recent times, and the Cork handler sent out another when 10/1 chance Bridies Boy captured the Summer BBQ At Clonmel Races Handicap Hurdle.
On his first start in this sphere, point-to-point winner Bridies Boy (Brian O'Connell up) touched off by the minimum margin in a maiden last time, was on the right end of a close finish this time.
Always to the fore, the big galloping son of Humbel, gamely kept it up under top-weight in the straight, to hold off the lightly weighted mare, Dante Anna by a neck.
Favourite, Mallards In Flight didn't come up to expectations, finishing eleventh of the fourteen.
"He is improving with every run and stayed at it well - that's what he does," reflected Walsh.
"He'll go chasing next season and if it dries up now, he won't run until going over fences in the autumn.
"His owner, James O'Callaghan, also bred him, and this is his first winner."
(TW & EM)
