Madbadanddangerous gets up late to win for Meade and Keane

Ulster Derby winner Madbadanddangerous continued his progression when getting up in the dying strides under Colin Keane to land the Gra Chocolates Handicap at Galway.

A son of Coulsty, the Noel Meade trained gelding has been a consistent sort all season aside from one below par run at Navan.

Held up towards rear, Keane had to be patient on the 11/2 chance, before producing him with a well timed run from off the pace to score by a neck from Sharkeyboy

“He’s a nice horse. The ground was a help, it was easy ground which it was in the north the last day,” said Meade.

“I said to Colin to try and ride him the same as Gavin (Ryan) did the last day, which worked out quite well, and he said it was spot on.

“He said he’d go further and two miles wouldn’t be a problem.

“We could maybe head for the Irish Cesarewitch or something like that, I don’t know if a three-year-old could win the Cesarewitch. Maybe he might. It’s worth a lot of money so we’ll go there.

“I would have kept him for Friday but he wasn’t going to get in.

“It was a good performance with the weight and we had the man of the moment.

“We’ll paddle on with the Flat for the moment. I’d say he’d jump hurdles, he’s a big horse, but we’ll see how far we can get on the Flat first.

“I’m delighted for Seamus (Hunt), unfortunately he doesn’t move around that much anymore but he gets a great kick out of watching them on the telly as well. He’ll be thrilled.”

(Quotes by Gary Carson)