Lass lands dramatic contest There was plenty of drama in the Lynch Quarries Handicap Hurdle at Limerick as Aleish Lass got up late on to spring a 20/1 shock for trainer Mick Winters. Lummi Island looked to have the race in the bag when going a couple of lengths clear before the last but over-jumped the flight and crumpled on landing. Long-time leader A Mere Bagatelle was slightly hampered as she inherited the lead but the eventual winner was badly interfered with. She got going again late though for Luke Burke-Ott and nabbed A Mere Bagatelle in the shadow of the post to record a head victory. The winner proved very easy to back having been as short as 6/1 in the morning. She was making her first start since April 1st last year. "She was staying well at the finish,” said Winters. "A couple of my horses got sick and while she was doing good work at Christmas and didn't have what the others had, she had an infection after she had swelling in a back leg. "She is well-bred, we have her whole family at home and she is bred by by wife. She has a Diamond Boy-half-brother called Handmedownastar who is the marker for her, as he is a good bit better than her. "She is an out-and-out stayer and will make a chaser. Luke works seven days a week for us so it was good to give him a chance today." "Noel (O'Connor, owner) is from Kanturk, is a brother of my wife's and lives in Boston so this is great." (Quotes by Tom Weekes)
