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Orr brothers register winners at Down Royal & Dundalk

Freescape (right, horse with white face)Freescape (right, horse with white face)
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Jockey Oisin Orr followed his brother Conor Orr in riding a winner today as he won the Dundalk - Light Up Your Night Handicap at Dundalk this evening on the David Marnane trained Feeescape, five hours after his brother's earlier win in Down Royal.

Conor Orr won a handicap chase on Eight Till Late at the northern venue earlier and brother Oisin steered Freescape to a late head win over Admirality in Dundalk's E25,000 feature tonight.

Afterwards Marnane said “he's a fine big horse and I think I've made a bit of a faux pas with him as he's bred to be a sprinter and we were going seven and a mile.

“He was a little bit behind the bridle when he was younger, and greener, but now he's got a bit sharper and is more able to do this.

“I thought it was a good performance and the second horse (Admirality) is obviously a good horse and they pulled well clear.

“I don't where we'll go from here and if we find something similar we might go again up here.

“He's a horse with plenty of ability, he has a lot of size and scope. He's a huge big horse and to be fair he hasn't done much sprinting. He'll start to learn it now as we start to do more of it.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
13/2
Tote €7.10 €2.10
2nd
hd
13/8Fav
€1.30
3rd
2.75L
7/1
€2.00
4th
2.5L
10/1
About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.