Thorne saddles one-two in Dundalk sprint Kerdos (11/1) led home a one-two for trainer Stephen Thorne in the BAR 1 Casino 'Slot Games' Race over the minimum trip in Dundalk. Reese Holohan guided him into contention a furlong out and the pair swept through to lead in the closing stages. They got first run on stablemate Sir Les Patterson (3/1f) who travelled well but was repeatedly short of room racing to the final furlong. Once in the clear, he finished well in second, beaten half a length. The Highway Rat (9/2) was the same distance away in third. Thorne said: "Exactly (arriving off a fast pace over five furlong suits him well) - he was very good at the July meeting (in Dundalk), we tucked him in from a wide draw and he stuck to the task fairly well. Applied a set of blinkers that day and it seemed to do the trick. "Ran back up for the August meeting (in Dundalk) and we got no show out of him at all over the six-furlong trip. Maybe he just had an off day. We said we would take our chance here tonight. Obviously, Sir Les Patterson was the main one, but we knew this horse was a five-furlong specialist. "We gave him a nice little break since the August meeting and freshened him up. It has certainly done the trick. "That is Reese's first ride for me and we have been keeping an eye on him over the last while. I think he just lost his 7lb (claim) during the week, but he still looks very good value there even for the 5lb. He is a young lad that we will be keen to support. "The other horse (Sir Les Patterson) was a little unlucky in-running. Jack (Kearney) was a little bit annoyed coming back in, but that is just racing. "We have both entries made for the Mercury and more than likely we will bring them here in a couple of weeks time, and take it from there."
