Willie Mullins saddled the first two home in the Thyestes Chase before a bumper crowd at Gowran when Micko's Dream made virtually al
l to defeat Palette.
Providing Jason Titley, successful on Grand Habit in 1992, with his second victory in the race, his task wa
s eased when Clash Of The Gales, who had just forged into the lead, fell two out.
'You need luck in this game and it's great for
the Sport Racing Club as this fellow has now won eight times for them,' said Mullins.
The Sport Racing Club is made up of 24 m
embers of the Prison Service and they have been in existence for nearly 6 years.
'He's in the English National and that's what I
'd be keen to go for,' said Mullins of his first Thyestes Chase winner, Micko's Dream.
.
Tom Cahill's Tippthecat (9/2jf), a wa
rm order from 12/1 in the offices before racing, landed a tidy gamble under Shay Barry in the 2m1f handicap hurdle.
Curragh train
er Jim Gorman has the Cheltenham Festival in mind for Parkgate after he slammed the opposition to justify support from 7/4 to 11/10f
in the 2m2f hurdle.
'He may run beforehand at Punchestown and he'll be my first runner at the Festival', said Gorman.
Half-an
-hour later, winning rider Geraghty notched up his 52nd winner of the current campaign when he teamed up with Frances Crowley's Bed
them Prince in the 2m4f handicap chase.
Charlie Swan continued his recent rich vein of form when he conjured up a winning surge a
board Kings Valley (7/2-5/1) to defeat warm fav. Minella Hotel (5/2-2/1f) in the 2m maiden hurdle.
Earlier favourite backers suff
ered another setback when Dr Torus (1/1-4/5f) jumped poorly (respiratory distress) for Barry Geraghty before eventually finishing 4t
h behind Ojay and Kieran Kelly.
Willie Mullins finished the meeting with a double when Tuesday and James Nash landed the winners
bumper. The Tote aggregate of #132,890 for the day was a new Gowran Park record.
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