Dominant Elliott lands Limerick's feature race Trainer Gordon Elliott’s dominant St Stephen’s Day continued with success in Limerick’s featured Grade 2 Defender Novice Hurdle today, scoring with Kazansky (9/2) under Danny Gilligan. An unlucky loser at Down Royal in November before scoring with contrasting fortune at Cork on December 7, Kazansky and runner-up County Final battled from the second-last in today’s 2m7f contest, with the son of Milan scoring by an all-out head. A stewards enquiry was later called as the pair bumped on the run-in, but the result stood. It was three-time Grand National-winner Elliott’s fourth success of the afternoon before scoring twice more at Leopardstown, including in the featured Grade 1 Racing Post Novice Chase with Romeo Coolio . At Limerick, Gilligan reported “it was a lovely tough performance by Kazansky and it was a big step up in trip for him today. He is a genuine horse and while there was a bit of bumping going down to the last, my lad showed guts to tough it out.”
