Ballybrowney Walk (nearest) jumps the last alongside My Oakclahome© Photo Healy Racing
The Gareth Ahern trained Ballybrowney Walk landed some nice bets in the last at Tramore, the Dunmore East Handicap Chase.
A winner of a point-to-point and placed five times on the track when trained by Jimmy Mangan, the daughter of Califet was recording her first racecourse success today.
Having failed to make an impact at Limerick and Killarney recently, the seven-year-old bay was available at 20/1 in early shows, but went off at 14s in the colours of owner Gerard Gubbins.
Settled towards rear by Danny Mullins, she took closer order from five out and was pushed along in seventh on the approach to the second last fence.
She made rapid progress between the final two obstacles and gained a narrow lead at the last, going on from there to prevail by a length and three parts. My Oakclahome who was sent off the 9/4 favourite, couldn’t match the winner on the run-in and he had to settle for second under Sean Flanagan for David O’Brien. Cushinstown Finest (9/1) completed the placings a further length and a quarter back in third.
Ahern said in the aftermath: "She worked like a right one last Wednesday and I told the owners that I never seen a horse to work like it. Paddy Mangan rode the piece of work and said if she put a quarter of that in she’d win.
"She deserved that, she had great form with Jimmy. I had her as a four-year-old, she came from the sales to be broken by me and then she changed ownership. She is only back with me since around April.
"That was the plan today and she'll stick to low grade handicaps now."
STEWARDS REPORT
D.J. O'Keeffe, rider of My First Symphony trained by Patrick Cronin, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his saddle slipped early on.
