Pourquoi Poi earns deserved success for Flynn The Paul Flynn-trained Pourquoi Poi (10/3) was a deserved winner of the Malone Windows Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Chase for rider Danny Gilligan. The five-year-old son of Ocovango has been second on both his last starts but put in a solid round of jumping today, with a fine leap at the last securing victory by three and three-quarter lengths from the ever-consistent Smallcraftwarning, who finished in second. Speaking after the race, trainer Flynn said, “He jumps so well and with all the fences out the last day didn’t suit him at all and he ran a cracker,” said Flynn. “I didn’t want to put the cheekpieces on him because he gets excited but he’d actually spot anything so I think they helped him concentrate. I think they helped him. “He’s very genuine but he’d spot anything, even at home. You wouldn’t think he’d go down to his fences and jump them but he’d run away from anything small at home. “He loves that good ground. I wasn’t going to run him, only I saw a small entry, I was going to wait a bit longer. “He’ll probably go to Down Royal now, hopefully there will be nice ground there at the end of the month. There is a three mile up there. “For some reason he just wasn’t firing earlier in the year. He’s only a young horse and I think there could be more to come. “Even next summer he could be a horse for Galway, for the Blazers or something like that.” (Quotes from Gary Carson)
