Something Noble wins at Limerick under Finegan Conditional jockey Eoghan Finegan produced the Ciaran Murphy trained Something Noble from off a strong pace to win the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Limerick. Sent off 25/1, the Niall Slevin and Cathal Slevin owned gelding was held up in the early stages before tacking onto the heels of the leaders after three out. Coming through to challenge market leader Lenjoleur De Palma at the final flight, the son of Born To Sea quickened up well on the run-in to beat the staying on Malikanna by a length. Murphy reported: "I'm delighted with him and we were noticing in his work recently that while he isn't the quickest horse, if you hold him up, he has a bit of a gear. "I told Eoghan to ride his own race, he knew they would go quick and I told him to take our beating if it didn't work out. He gave him a lovely confident ride for a 7lb claimer. "Our horses are in good form, we liked the way he was going at home and while I didn't want to put pressure on anybody, we were just getting started today. He'll go over fences soon as he can utilise his four-year-old allowance and is a lovely big type. He is a Flat horse really but just doesn't look like one, and has now won two hurdle races." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
