Tropical Twist Gains First Success at Wexford The Gordon Elliott-trained Tropical Twist (17/2)was the winner of the Treo Eile Mares' Handicap Hurdle for rider Jack Kennedy. The five-year-old daughter of Saddex was fourth on her last start in Wexford, and under a power-packed ride from jockey Jack Kennedy, she picked up the race just before the final flight and, after a good jump, managed to tough it out in front to win by three-quarters of a length from the Paul Power-trained Game Phoenix back in second. Speaking after the race, rider Jack Kennedy said: “She had a lovely run here the last day. “One jumped slow at the first then and I jumped into them and lost my position. She got no run after that but ran a nice race. “We were hoping she’d go close today. She had a great run around and switched out then going to the second last. She jumped that well and got underneath the last but was always doing enough. “I jumped the last, kind of in the middle of the hurdle, and she was drifting across so I just let her across and rode her out and she was grand. “She could maybe go up a couple of furlongs but I wouldn’t be stretching her out too much either.” (Quotes from Gary Carson)
