Dontgowithjoe gets there just in time Dontgowithjoe recorded his second success in sixteen days in the John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle at odds of 11/1. Dropped out in rear for the early part of the race, the Philip Rothwell trained gelding started to creep closer before the second last. Owned by the Fairwood Racing Syndicate, the four-year-old came down the stand side when making his challenge, before battling well to get the better of Farrokh by half a length. Phillip Rothwell said: "He's (Power Roche) top-class. He's a very, very good rider and we have a very good association. "Simon (Torrens) won on him the last day and gave him a super ride too. We decided to claim the penalty off him (today), so that's team. I have an unbelievably good team of people around me at the moment. "We have Simon and we have Tiernan, and Dylan Robinson has joined us to help out for the winter. There will be bits for him because we have enough runners in maidens and stuff. Onwards and upwards. "His jumping was terrible at the start in maidens. Same thing, good jockeys make good horses. Tiernan got him jumping really well in Cork one day. Then Simon was awesome on him in Ballinrobe. "We want a bit of nice ground and there's very little racing for him between now and Listowel. Not so sure he will get his ground in Listowel, so we might look at a week after it. Might give him a break and bring him back for Leopardstown at Christmas for a novice handicap. In the meantime, he could have a few runs in Dundalk." Additional reporting by Michael Graham
