West popular winner for local connections The locally owned and trained Moulane West was a popular winner of the Strandhill Caravan Park Handicap Hurdle at Sligo for Mark McNiff. Paddy O’Brien gave the Jet Away gelding a positive ride, bouncing out and making all. The 6/1 shot had his rivals on the stretch turning for home and galloped on strongly to post a 10-length success over Tir Og. “We thought he would have won a race last year and he just didn’t,” said McNiff. “He was unlucky here with Hugh Morgan last June. If he had jumped the second last Hugh thought he would have won. “He got an easy enough lead there. “I thought he’d want a flatter track but the owner (Martin McGowan) only lives next so he was always going to have to run here. It’s great for him. “He’s a horse that won a bumper and you’d think he’d be better than this level, even at his age. You’d hope he might be able to do something more again.”
