Tullypole Annie (white cheekpieces) just leads her rivals over the last© Photo Healy Racing
Tullypole Annie ran out a comfortable winner of the David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle, completing a quick double for Jack Kennedy who took the previous contest on Rebel Rose
Successful over the course and distance in May, providing Peter Flood with his first win in the training ranks, the four-year-old went down by just a short head at Wexford on her next start.
She since finished fourth at Kilbeggan and was sent off the 9/2 favourite this evening in the colours of the Jolly Boys Syndicate.
Settled behind the leaders on the outer, the Dragon Pulse chestnut took closer order from two out and improved to lead before the last.
She was ridden on the run-in and stretched clear inside the final furlong, coming home six lengths clear of Berliet Express (6/1) and Jack Foley in second.
The ten-year-old Ardamir (33/1) was just a neck away in third, while there was another neck back to Ballinlough Gale (8/1) in fourth.
Flood said in the aftermath: "She'd been busy and had a couple of hard races before her last run at Kilbeggan. We gave her a break, put a set of cheekpieces on today and she was back on form. She had been working well.
"Jack has been through the wars lately but he gave her a great ride.
"Some of the owners (Jolly Boys Syndicate) are down here on holiday and they're getting great fun out of her.
"She likes a bit of room so I don't think Galway would suit her. I'd say she'll go to Cork on Bank Holiday Monday."
STEWARDS REPORTS
P.J. O'Hanlon, rider of Look Dont Touch trained by Dermot Anthony McLoughlin, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount never travelled during this race.
The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Look Dont Touch, trained by Dermot Anthony McLoughlin, at the request of the Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal.
G.B. Noonan, rider of Elite Des Mottes (FR) trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount never travelled during this race.
Additional reporting by Mark Nunan
