Ad Caelum brings up Kilbeggan doubles for Ryan and O'Sullivan Both successful in their own right earlier in the evening, John Ryan and Alan O'Sullivan recorded doubles when teaming up with Ad Caelum to win the Paul & Carmel Fay Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Kilbegan. Sent off 10/1, the Cloudings mare was held up in mid division before closing on the leaders after jumping the penultimate flight. Pushed along to lead entering the straight, the seven-year-old stayed on well to beat the Emmet Mullins trained Toll Stone by two-and-three-quarter lengths. “She was very unlucky in this race last year, she had the race won and unseated at the last,” said Ryan. “She’s a gorgeous mare. She hasn’t got going over fences yet, but she will. She’s going to make a smashing chaser. “The dam is a half-sister to a Grade 1 winner (Spirit Of Adjisa). We bred her ourselves and she’s by the mighty Cloudings.” Quotes by Gary Carson.
