This mistake didn't stop Give Her Bach and Pierce Gallagher© Photo Healy Racing
< Give Her Bach (9-2) displayed great determination to defy top weight in the Waterford & Tramore Racecourse 2015 Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle.
Paddy Cronin's mare has been hit with a 2lb rise for last week's Clonmel second but it doesn't come in to effect until after this race and she capitalised.
She did get the last a bit wrong, but Pierce Gallagher sat tight and drove her home half a length ahead of Kennedys Mor < Conduct Yourself reappeared just two days after her Tipperary third in the www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden Hurdle and it paid dividends.
Contact was made when the 6-4 favourite made her move up the inside of Vermout Fougeray before two out but she showed guts to stay on for a three-quarter-length verdict, with Vermout Fougeray disqualified from second.
Paul Townend copped a 10-day ban for his efforts on Vermout Fougeray but had some reason to cheer after landing the Sponsor A Race At Tramore Racecourse Rated Novice Chase on Just Get Cracking
The 3-1 chance got the better of a tussle with Westerner Point and prevailed by two and a quarter lengths.< Vic Approach s first spell over fences was uninspiring to say the least, but his second began with a win in the Graun Hill Suite & ndash; Great For Christmas Parties Beginners Chase.
The 4-1 shot jumped proficiently in the hands of David Mullins and stretched eight lengths clear of Dawerann < Eric The Third (11-2) supplemented his Kilbeggan triumph in the Waterford & Tramore Supporters Club Handicap Hurdle, while Thinkitplanitdoit who showed little in one start between the flags, was a different proposition in the Waterford & Tramore Racecourse (Ladies Pro/Am) INH Flat Race, winning by the best part of 10 lengths.
The Waterford & Tramore Racecourse Supporters Club Handicap Chase was fought out by two horses who, between them, hadn't managed a win in 23 starts under Rules, but Eiri Na Casca (25-1) broke that sequence by accounting for Tomcoole Lad
