Dark Ace Justifies Market Support in Dundalk The Ado McGuinness-trained Dark Ace (10/1 into 7/2) was a convincing winner of the Bar 1 Betting Download Our App Mourne Handicap for jockey Adam Caffrey. The son of Soldier's Call had a difficult task from stall 10, but with Cuban Grey setting a blazing trail, Caffrey found it no heavy task to have him in a positive position, and turning into the straight, he picked up well under a strong drive to win by one and three-quarter lengths. Speaking after the race, trainer Ado McGuinness said: "Probably shouldn't have brought him to Galway. We all wanted to go and we all love Galway, but it wasn't his trip and I said to the lads we are turning a sprinter into a seven-furlong horse. "The last day in the Curragh, the ground was very quick that day and he didn't seem to handle it, but he's a fair horse. "He's as good a sprinter as I've had in a long, long time. He's very fast. "He's in the Ayr Gold Cup, but he's in the Bold Lad (Curragh) as well. We'll see, it will be either one. There will be loads of opportunities for him after that. "I'm delighted to have him and I'm lucky to have him. "He was very unlucky over five (furlongs) up the Curragh on Derby weekend. I'll just wipe off the last day. He should have won in Newbury. He's well able to hold his own. "We were toying with coming here today or going to Ripon for a hundred grand race. Probably the way he won there, he wouldn't have been too far away (in Ripon). I'm delighted we stayed here for the lads." (Quotes from Michael Graham)
