Cotter breaks new ground with Koniag Koniag snapped a run of four placed efforts in a row when obliging in the DundalkStadium.com Handicap over a mile and a-half. The 7/4 favourite was soon prominent and picked up the lead after a furlong. Paddy Harnett got after him a furlong down and he kept on best to win by half a length from a staying-on Someone's Wish (7/2). Gracesolution (22/1) was the same distance back in third. Kieran Cotter said: "Let's say he was definitely due it. "We are probably still learning about him. We were wondering the last day would he stay a mile and a-half and then we said all he does is stay. "That was the plan today, Paddy let him roll along and go early enough. He was really enjoying it up in front. "He's a progressive horse. He is big, he is 550kgs so he should be only coming to his prime now. He could have a nice future ahead of him. "There is a decent pot in Lingfield on Good Friday - it might be overstepping the mark a bit, but you don't know. "That is probably his best performance yet. "My first winner over a mile and a-half, so we are breaking new ground! Looking for a few more stayers, that's where the money is, I think! "He would be a gorgeous horse for someone going jumping."
