Weekend Review – War Of Attrition On The March!

WAR OF ATTRITION LANDS BOYNE HURDLE

War of Attrition (7/1) continued his revival when claiming victory in Sundays Grade Two Boyne Hurdle at Navan. Mouse Morris` brave warrior made all under Davy Russell to out-battle favourite Mourad with Ninetieth Minute back in third. Connections will be keenly awaiting the announcement of the weights for the Aintree Grand National on Tuesday and this grand old servant would be a popular fancy if allocated a not so hefty burden. The World Hurdle at the Festival may well be on the agenda also.

It was an interesting week-ends racing in Ireland with plenty of Grade 2′s dotted around the place. Some of the other highlights included -:

FEB 13th

GOWRAN PARK

• The first of the days twin Grade Two features was The Red Mills Trial Hurdle and it produced a good tussle between eventual winner Luska Lad(7/1), ridden by Davy Russel for John “Shark” Hanlon, and Jumbo Rio from the Edward O`Grady stable.Muirhead was sent off favourite for this contest but disappointed once again.

• The Red Mills Chase was the other Grade Two on the card and it proved to be a walk in the park for J`Y Vole(11/8F) who ran out the easy 15 Lengths winner under Paul Townend for the Willie Mullins stable which has very definitely started to fire on all cylinders in recent weeks.

• Davy Russell had a profitable week-end overall and fired in a treble on the card. In addition to his victory on Luska Lad he also guided Nuvelli (14/1) to victory for the S.Donoghue yard in the Handicap Chase and captured the Beginners Chase on Organisedconfusion(13/2) for Arthur Moore.

• Paul Townend and Willie Mullins completed their double on the card when Hampshire Express (4/1F) landed the Handicap Hurdle.

FEB 14^th

NAVAN

• In addition to the Boyne Hurdle there were 2 other Grade 2′s for the taking at Navan on Sunday. In the Ten Up Novice Chase there was a nail-biting finish and it resulted in a dead heat when Uimhiraceathair (4/6F), ridden by Ruby Walsh joined Telenor (6/1) and Andrew Lynch right on the line. The winning trainers were Willie Mullins and Jim Dreaper.

• The remaining Grade 2, The Flyingbolt Novice Chase, was won in good style by Shakervilz (3/1) for the irrepressible Ruby Walsh / Willie Mullins team. The winner comfortably held runner-up Major Finnegan by 1 and ¾ Lengths with Osana the slightly disappointing 11/10 Fav third home.

• Ruby Walsh followed up his Saturday 4-timer at Newbury with a treble at Navan and his and Willie Mullins` third victory on the card came courtesy of Kerb Appeal (2/1JF) in the Maiden Hurdle.

• Jockey Davy Russell is also booting in plenty of winners these days and he rounded off a very good week-end in the plate when completing a double on the card with victory on Lastoftheleaders(7/2F) for the Arthur Moore Stable in the Handicap Hurdle.

Trainers in form;

P.Fenton, A.Moore, E.O`Grady, W.Mullins.

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Happy Punting

JOE Q

Posted by Joe on February 15, 2010. Filed under Race Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.