Cobden bags a Cork winner with Cornelienne Trained by Joseph O’Brien for J.P. McManus, Cornelienne (5/2) took Cork’s the two-mile mares' maiden hurdle under Harry Cobden. In the frame in two useful mares’ maidens last winter, the Golden Horn five-year-old made headway with odds-on favourite Lennon Grove after three out and the pair headed I Dont Really Care before the next. Cornelienne gained the upper hand between the final two flights and came home two and three-quarter lengths in fron of Lennon Grove, with I Dont Really Care just another neck away in third. Cobden reported "She was a bit long and low at the first but, apart from that, she jumped well. “I just wanted to wait as she doesn't do a whole lot off the bridle, and waited until the second-last before making a move. “I couldn't fault her, and she was very fit and well and her previous run over hurdles had been when finishing behind that very good mare Bambino Fever. "She is only a five-year-old, although being Flat-bred, has probably been in training since a yearling. Hopefully she can progress." Additional reporting by Tom Weekes
