'Huge' Hambelton relishes a sound surface at Cork Hambelton justified good support when recording a breakthrough win in the concluding Racing Again Friday 10th July Handicap at Cork this afternoon. The David Marnane-trained gelding, available at 9/2 overnight and sent off at 100/30, made virtually all in this mile event. The son of Ghaiyyath was ridden to assert over a furlong out by Liam McAteer and kept on strongly for a comfortable three and a quarter lengths verdict over Chirac. Avec Grand Plaisir was a further length and a quarter back in third. Marnane said, “He is a huge, huge horse. He is like a point-to-pointer and is a typical Ghaiyyath. He is brilliantly behaved at home, a child would ride him, but he likes to get on with the job at the racecourse. "To be fair to him, that's the first time he has ever stepped foot on good ground and that is what he has been crying out for. The ground came up too soft for him at Haydock the last day and I think he is a very nice horse who will progress a lot. "He'll be sold later in the year and could be a lovely horse for someone for next year." Quotes by Tom Weekes
