Gilgamboa (Mark Walsh) jumps the last from Rightdownthemiddle in the fifth at Punchestown© Photo Healy Racing
Enda Bolger sent out his third winner since Christmas when Gilgamboa landed a gamble under Mark Walsh in the J P McManus silks in Buy Your Tickets Online Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown.
The attractive and unexposed Westerner gelding, a close relative of Native Upmanship, eventually went off the 3/1 market-leader. He beat Rightdownthemiddle more comfortably than the half a length margin might imply whilst Mireya stayed on well for a never threatening third, four and a half lengths of the principals.
McManus' racing manager Frank Berry was on hand to remark afterwards: "He's a nice big horse and handles the ground well. We'll find another one like that and it was a good ride from Mark.
"He's a horse with a bit of size and scope to make a chaser down the road." (AM & EM)
