No Slip ups for Tyner's hotpot After Mister Pessimistic (4/11) in the first division, the second split of the four-year-old maiden hurdle at Cork also went to an odds-on favourite as I'm Slippy (1/3, having been available at 4/5 overnight) won readily on his first start over flights. The Maxios gelding had won the valuable Tattersalls Ireland Sales Bumper at Fairyhouse in April on his only previous outing. Here, under Phillip Enright, he made most of the running and quickly recovered from a mistake at the second-last to beat L'as De Watt by five lengths. Winning trainer Robert Tyner said: "He is a nice moving-horse who doesn't hit the ground hard so I said I'd chance him today. He travels sweet, it was a nice introduction and he is an exciting horse. He was in a hack canter the whole way. "He had a bit of a dive or something at the second-last but maybe he was lacking company. He actually loves jumping and had plenty done before he ran in his bumper, as we were biding time by keeping him amused. "I initially had a plan as he was ready to run four weeks ago but that went out the window and coming here, I hadn't tempted fate by looking at where he goes next." Regarding how highly he rates the winner, Tyner added: "There was a trainer once who made a statement about how good his horse was but was sorry afterwards for making it, so no! "He is named after an English Derby-winning greyhound of the same name." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
