O'Donoghue doubles-up on Pincheck After winning the second on Ellthea, Colm O'Donoghue doubled-up aboard Pincheck in the concluding Hospitality At Naas Racecourse Handicap. Previously trained by Luca Cumani, the son of Invincible Spirit is now three wins from five starts for Jessica Harrington. The Jon Kelly owned three-year-old was successful on his debut for Harrington at Leopardstown in May, winning again over the course and distance the following month. He since finished second at Roscommon, and back to Naas today he was sent off the 10/3 favourite. Settled behind the leader in a close second, the bay victor was ridden to the front under two furlongs out. He soon went a few lengths clear, and kept on well in the closing stages to score by a length and a quarter. Espoir D'soleil (7/2) kept on to take second under Pat Smullen for Dermot Weld, while the front-running Try Again (8/1) was another length and a quarter back in third with Killian Leonard in the saddle for Paul Flynn. Harrington said afterwards: "He couldn't run when I wanted him to in the Cambridgeshire because he came out in spots. I took him out on Irish Champions Weekend as I thought the heavy ground and a mile and a quarter would be too far for him. I wasn't worried about the ground today going a mile. "The bit of time I’ve given him has really stood to him. He's really grown into himself. He's been ultra consistent this year, and he'll most likely be put away now and stay in training next year." STEWARDS REPORT * D.P. McDonogh, rider of Dinkum Diamond trained by Andrew Slattery, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount tried to run off the track during the early part of this race. Additional reporting by Alan Magee
