Back-to-back Knockaire Stakes wins for Norwalk Havoc Successful in the race last year, the Jessica Harrington trained Norwalk Havoc made it back-to-back wins when landing the Listed Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes at Leopardstown. Lightly raced since landing this prize 12 months ago, the gelding had hinted at a return to form when runner-up at Listowel on his most recent start. Sent off 5/1, the four-year-old made all the running under Seamie Heffernan, keeping on strongly inside the final furlong to beat Queen Of Thunder by three lengths. Jessica Harrington said: Harrington said: “That was great. It’s the first time all year he’s got his ground. “Seamie said he just keeps on finding in that and the further he goes the better he goes. “You’d imagine on that he’d go a mile-and-one or a mile-and-two easily. Just today I didn’t put him in the mile-and-two because it was going to be heavy ground and a mile will probably be good. “I thought they might get to him but there was no way. Seamie said there was no way they were ever going to get near him, he just kept picking up. “I think there might be a race in Rome for him. He wants soft ground and he just loves it.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson.
