Ned left clear at the last to win at Fairyhouse The seven-year-old Revolut Ned landed the Michael O'Sullivan & Lorna Brooke Ireland V Britain Qualified Riders Challenge Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse this afternoon. Owned and trained by Willie Murphy, the Billy Coonan-ridden 5/1 chance was left a couple of lengths clear at the final fence when the front-running Heroes Of Renown got it badly wrong and unseated Toni Quail when holding the narrowest of advantages. At the line, Revolut Ned scored by four and three-parts of a length from the John Flavin-trained Urbs Intacta Manet, the 11/8 favourite, with Eric McNamara’s 11/2 chance Kilkee Bay four lengths further back in third place. “He’s a grand horse. He had a great run the last day in Punchestown,” said Murphy. “He suffers with his wind a small bit. Billy gave him a great ride today and took his time. He jumped like a buck. “It’s a shame not to support these races. He probably wouldn’t have been here only I saw there was a small entry. It’s nice to support them with the English riders coming over. “We’ll look for something similar on that ground. The plan had been to run today and then go point-to-pointing in the spring but anyway it’s worked out.” Additional reporting from Gary Carson
