Queenofthelodge books Cheltenham November-ticket Queenofthelodge (5/1CF) bounced back to form with a third success in six months today, landing Clonmel’s Derrinlaur Mares Handicap Hurdle for trainer Sam Curling, and thus booking her Cheltenham ticket for November. Out of maiden mare Now Were Broke and owned by the Sink Or Swim Syndicate, Queenofthelodge had scored at both Downpatrick and Tipperary this summer before pulling up on her latest start at Killarney in July. Today, under Philip Enright, she raced prominently throughout and scored by 4.75 lengths from Colleen Danu . Curling commented “I’d say she had too much of it at Killarney when she never rose a gallop but is back to herself now. She has been working well so we were expecting a good run and we’re delighted. “Farrier Dan Breen, who bred her, heads the syndicate and the lads are all local. Dan bred some good horses including Maries Rock and this mare has a good pedigree too, so I’d say he’ll breed off her in time. “There is a race for her at the November meeting in Cheltenham so should go for that, although she wouldn’t want the ground any softer that today.”
