Two winners inside a week for Longford horse trainer Paul Flynn
Longford trainer Paul Flynn recorded his second winner of the week as 22/1 chance ‘Amethyst Stone’ landed the 12-furlong handicap at Cork
Colehill’s Paul Flynn sent out his first winner of the week as the 13/2 chance ‘She’s Ideal’ scored a cosy success in the nine-furlong claiming race at Ballinrobe on Monday, July 20.
Owned by the Tuesday Club Racing Syndicate, the Leigh Roche-ridden four-year-old raced up with the pace and led inside the final furlong to beat Ado McGuinness’ 6/5 favourite Minaun View by three and a quarter lengths. The game winner joined McGuinness after she was claimed by owner Paul Hardiman.
Harry Cobden was in the saddle as the JP McManus-owned Anodandawink scored a comfortable win for trainer Ciaran Murphy at Wexford on Wednesday. He made all the running on the 3/1 favourite who asserted from the final fence to win by 10 lengths from John Carr’s 13-year-old Fr Gilligansvoyage.
It was far tighter as the Robson De Aguiar-trained Ipanema Queen won the five-furlong handicap at Cork on Friday. Donagh O’Connor was in the saddle as the 15/2 chance got on top well inside the final furlong to beat Danny Murphy’s 13/2 shot Erosandpsyche by a short head.
Paul Flynn recorded his second winner of the week as 22/1 chance ‘Amethyst Stone’ landed the concluding 12-furlong handicap. The Golf Lads Syndicate-owned three-year-old led inside the final furlong to beat the Charles Weld-trained 13/2 shot Millhone by half a length.
Rory Cleary teamed up with the Curragh’s Brendan Duke to win the opening seven-furlong auction series fillies maiden with Sword Of State at Gowran Park on Saturday. An 18/1 chance for owners Martin Hayes and Peter Slezak, she made all the running to beat Joseph O'Brien’s 5/4 favourite Seaxburh by a length and a quarter.