The King Of Prs leads home a 1-2-3 for Cromwell in Fairyhouse feature The King Of Prs led home a 1-2-3 for the Gavin Cromwell yard when landing the €100,000 Dan & Joan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse. The 11/2 chance was never too far from the pace and made headway on the inner for Conor Stone-Walsh to lead approaching the last. The seven-year-old gelding, gaining a fifth career win, kept on well on the run-in to beat Path D’oroux by two and three-quarter lengths with Midnight It Is finishing best of all a length back in third. Cromwell said, “It’s brilliant to win it, and brilliant to have the second and third as well. “He was a very cheap purchase as a store, and he has kept improving. He has plenty of size and scope and there is no reason that he won’t keep improving. “Keith was a little bit annoyed with himself that he came wide on him in Leopardstown at Christmas, and he wasn’t beaten far. He came out of it well, he’s tough and hardy. “Conor is great value for the claim and that was a big help. It’s nearly like a free 5lb. “You have to feel sorry for Path D’oroux. He’s threatened to win a big one and has missed again, but he ran really well. “Unfortunately, he’ll probably go up another couple of pounds for that and it’ll leave it tougher for him but that’s the nature of it. “Midnight It Is ran a cracker as well. He was a little bit keen early and Sean took him back out of it and he came home well. “I suppose they could all end up running in the Grand Annual.” Stone-Walsh said, “He was brilliant. I was a bit worried it might come a bit quick for him after Leopardstown but he didn’t miss a beat jumping wise. “He travelled everywhere, he was even a little bit keen and I was worried he wouldn’t get home but to be fair, when I got stuck into him he galloped all the way to the line.” Paddy Power and Betfair cut The King Of Prs into 14/1 (from 16/1) for the Grand Annual. Additional reporting by Gary Carson
