Ol Man Dingle defies topweight to land Galway Plate Trial The Eoin Griffin trained Ol Man Dingle defied topweight to win the featured Mongey Communications Galway Plate Trial Handicap Chase at Kilbeggan. Sent off 7/2 under Shane O'Callaghan, the seven-year-old chased leader Gaelic Arc for much of the two-and-a-half mile contest. Coming through to lead after jumping the last, the eventual winner had to withstand the late rally of Gaelic Arc before holding on for a neck success. “He’s been a great horse for us and I’m delighted to get that,” said Griffin. “It’s after taking a little bit of time for him to find his feet in handicaps so it’s nice to get that. “The Plate has always been the target in the back of my mind so it’ll be on to there now. “Ideally we would probably have liked to have gone straight there but off his rating today he’d have missed out twice in the last ten years. “We just didn’t want to take the chance and that’s why he was running here today really. “He’s won around Galway, he handles the track. It’s been one of the races that I’ve always wanted to win, I haven’t had many runners in it. “Like a lot of people I’ve been going racing to Galway since I was a child. “We’ll try and keep him in one piece between now and then.” Quotes by Gary Carson.
