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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Brassil at double on board Steamboat Quay

Sat 8th Jul 2017, 18:20

Conor Brassil after his Bellewstown doubleConor Brassil after his Bellewstown double
© Photo Healy Racing

In a race where plenty held chances at the business end, Steamboat Quay forged on best to take Division Two of the two and a half mile handicap hurdle at Bellewstown.

He gave jockey Conor Brassil a quick-fire double as landed the preceding race - Division One - on board Dancing Duke

Steamboat Quay saw sustained support at the track from 2/1 to 13/8 favourite. He tracked Fenlon's Hill at the third last and led on the bridle upon landing.

He was ridden between the last two flights as fully six horses held valid chances of victory.

However, Steamboat Quay held a narrow advantage jumping the final flight and kept at it well on the run-in to account for the staying-on Ben Rumson (9/2 from 8/1 in the morning) by three lengths. Generous Guest (33/1) was a head off Ben Rumson with the same distance back to Seaweed in fourth at 12/1.

“He was entitled to win it as he he'd been waiting for his chance a little bit and had been a bit unlucky a few days,” trainer Gordon Elliott said.

“It wasn't the strongest race in the world but it's grand he won anyway. We'll just find something low grade again for him.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.