Feature on day five goes to Bill Durkan-trained five-year-old.
EAGLE’S WAY PRODUCED a front-running performance full of guts and determination to take the Guinness Handicap , the mile-and-a-half feature on day five of the big festival at Ballybrit.
“He’s a horse that we liked and we thought he’d win over hurdles the first day, but he kicked a lot of hurdles out of the ground so we reverted back to the Flat for now,” said assistant trainer Gary Bannon. Our horses have been running well all week and hitting the crossbar so it’s just great for a small yard to come here and pick up a big pot like that. It’s a big team effort. “I think he’ll step up in trip. Sir Mark Prescott definitely thought he’d step up in trip. He stayed at a mile and a quarter in England for all his runs, and I was a little bit worried, but he stays very well and we’re happy to have him.
Moonovercloon looked to have the race in safe-keeping after pulling away on the run for home, but Danny Gilligan timed his run to perfection on the Gordon Elliott-trained 11-year-old to win by a nose at 20-1, with Flanking Maneuver 11 lengths adrift in third. “He’s been a horse of a lifetime for me, I’ve had him since he was a four-year-old. Obviously he’s a Grade One winner and to come back and win for the boys today, if he doesn’t do anything ever again he’s going to have a great life.“We’ll enjoy today and make a plan after that. He might got to Listowel for one of the handicap chases there.”
But it was the Ross O’Sullivan-trained Volantis coming out of the pack who was travelling best of all and as he took up the challenge Lord Erskine could not keep up and it was a battle with the Mullins-trained Tounsivator to the line with a photo needed to separate them in Volantis’ favour.
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