Magnificent seven for Hackett's Sequoiaspirit The Ray Hackett trained Sequoiaspirit landed a seventh career win when staying on best under Alan O'Sullivan to take the Dermot Hughes Car Sales Handicap Hurdle at Roscommon. Tracking the leaders into the straight, the 9/2 chance led at the penultimate flight, before asserting on the run to the last. Keeping on strongly on the run-in, the Liam Hackett owned gelding had six-and-a-half lengths in hand of runner-up Stede Bonnet. “He had a great run last time and Henry’s horse (Factual Fact) ran well in the Curragh afterwards,” said Hackett. “I was hoping he’d run well. It was hard luck on Liam Quinlan, he got stood down the other day, as he had all the work done with him. “We had to come and take our chance and it worked out well. Alan gave him a super ride to be fair. “He’s a great little horse, he tries hard. That’s only his second over hurdles but he’s been in the money more often than not. He’s a fun horse and we’re lucky to have him. “We’ll keep him going for the summer and I’d say we’ll mix it. “I might go back to Galway with him, over hurdles. He ran a blinder there last year. “If things are working and he’s in good form we’ll drive on and if we go too high in the handicap we’ll skip Galway. We’ll see how he is.” Quotes by Gary Carson.
