Treacy rides 1st double Seven pound claimer Ryan Treacy rode his first double, when half-an-hour on from his win aboard Cappacurry Zak, he made virtually all on John Ryan's Draycott Place in the Waterford & Tramore Racecourse Members Club Chase. The Oscar gelding jumped well but he looked vulnerable to odds-on favourite Urano, from the second last. Ruby Walsh's mount jumped the roadway between the last two, and at the last it was apparent that Draycott Place was going to fend him off. In the end he did so by three lengths. Treacy understandably derived much pleasure from the win as he saluted the crowd passing the post. "He done it nicely and he is a fair horse," stated Ryan. "I might give him a break now, skip Punchestown and save him for Galway, we'll see. "The other option is to run him in the good novice chase at Punchestown, the Aon Chase. He has won four races now this season and I fancied him today." The Turf Club Veterinary Officer examined Rocky Wednesday, trained by Gordon Elliott, at the request of the Stewards and reported the animal to have lost a shoe in running. (DM & EM)
