The season\u2019s leading rider Dylan Browne McMonagle and Declan McDonogh, who both received significant suspensions over the weekend, delivered a fine double for trainer Joseph O\u2019Brien in Roscommon, where ground conditions had turned soft before racing.<\/p>\n
The Donegal man edged six clear of six-time champion Colin Keane when Summer Is Tomorrow, the 7\/4 favourite, wore down Red Autumn inside the final furlong to land the Irish EBF Median Sires Series 2-Y-O Race.<\/p>\n
The 95-rated colt, promoted to second in the recent \u2018Ballyhane\u2019 in Naas, relished the return to seven furlongs and coped well with the easy underfoot conditions, as Browne McMonagle acknowledged, \u201cHe\u2019s improving with racing and we always felt he\u2019d handle soft ground. It was a super run the last day, over an inadequate trip, and I think he\u2019ll be even better over a mile. He took a furlong to hit top gear, but he was good from the furlong-pole and hit the line well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Second leg of the Carriganog double came in the Lecarrow Race as the Declan McDonogh-ridden Viking Invasion dug deep, despite drifting right and hampering favourite In My Teens, to score by a neck before surviving a steward’s enquiry.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had good form, enough to win that,\u201d said O\u2019Brien\u2019s representative Michael Halford, \u201cHe\u2019ll probably be gone from handicaps after this, so we\u2019ll see where we go with him. I\u2019d say the ground made the difference to him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was last year\u2019s champion apprentice James Ryan who took the evening\u2019s riding honours, completing a double on Selective Power in the Elphin Handicap and Sea Lantern in the mile-and-a-half maiden.<\/p>\n
Joint top-weight Selective Power spearheaded a 1-2 for trainer Tom Coyle, bolting up by no less than seven and a half lengths from veteran stable-companion Manhattan Brandy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt couldn\u2019t have worked out any better,\u201d stated Coyle, \u201cIt\u2019s great for a small yard. He takes a few runs every year, but that ground is the key to him. And the cheekpieces help. In fairness, he\u2019s probably a bit better than that grade.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ryan struck again, and had to work a lot harder, as Sea Lantern, described by trainer Jack Davison as \u201can unassuming type\u201d, outstayed Simurgh in the Racing Here Again On September 29th Maiden.<\/p>\n
The rider commented, \u201cHe\u2019s a nice horse, but still a big baby and only going through the motions. There should be plenty of improvement in him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The admirable eight-year-old Earls, trained for Martin Sheridan by Gavin Cromwell, registered his 11th win and his third from four outings over course and distance when making virtually all under Gary Carroll to land the Lidan Handicap at the expense of Counterculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been waiting for the ground, but he\u2019s been in great nick at home,\u201d said Carroll, \u201cSoft ground is the key and he loves it around here. It\u2019s his time of year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apprentice Joe Harnett rode out his 10lb claim when partnering another eight-year-old Clear Quartz, trained by his boss Mark Fahey, in the Oran handicap, seeing off Granite Bay and Burren Song.<\/p>\n
And the Slatterys were on the mark again when the consistent Whats New, a faller in Killarney last time, stayed on dourly to open his account in the Roscommon racecourse On Facebook Handicap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The season\u2019s leading rider Dylan Browne McMonagle and Declan McDonogh, who both received significant suspensions over the weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-107672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}