Cawley's Hope Flies in again under Fitzgerald An easy winner at Roscommon on Monday, Hope She Flies made it back to back wins when staying on well from off the pace to land the Ravens Rock Novice Handicap Hurdle at Clonmel. Well punted when making much of the running to open her account at the western track last time, the mare was held up off the pace here. Gradually working her way through runners as the race began in earnest from three out, jockey Shane Fitzgerald arrived travelling strongly early in the straight. Produced to head Demanding Gerry at the final flight, the five-year-old kept on nicely to win by one-and-three-quarter lengths. Winning trainer Brian Francis Cawley said: "We had to run as she 3lb well-in and if she hasn't come out of her Roscommon race, we wouldn't have come but everything was A1 and she delivered again. "The way we looked at it, we had nothing to lose by coming and we can now look and see what rating we get. She has won twice and that is great. "At Roscommon she got a freebie out in front, nothing took her on and even today she idled when she was in front. She is doing great, she is a five-year-old and you'd like to think she could go again. "We only have a handful of horses and Shane (Fitzgerald) is a good friend to myself and Paul (brother) and is up and down to us the whole time." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
