Wood springs 40/1 shok for Smith The second division of the mile handicap at Dundalk produced another big priced winner as 40/1 shot Java Wood ran out a convincing victor. Julian Pietropaolo settled mid-division on his mount before producing him to challenge a furlong-and-a-half from home. The Kevin Smith-trained gelding hit the front inside the final furlong and kept on well to post a length-and-a-quarter success over Georg Zhukov. Java Wood, a five-year-old, was making his fourth career outing, all this year, and his handicap debut. Smith said: "He did that well and Julian was happy with him. "We have had him up here a few times and he has worked well, so we were happy with him coming here. "I was worried about the weight and I was kind of worried about the mile, but Julian said he actually liked it. "Long may it continue (association with Pietropaolo), he's value I think and he is definitely an up-and-coming jockey. "The plan was to give him the run today and then he is going to have to get a break at some stage. We'll have to reassess and he could back here in January, I won't rule it out." (Quotes by Michael Graham)
