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Gary Carson
Dollar good Value for another easy win
Dollar Value and Keith Donoghue
© Photo Healy Racing
Dollar Value secured another easy win over fences when claiming the Frank O'Beirne Memorial Handicap Chase at Sligo in fine style.
Tom McCourt 's charge won as he liked at Downpatrick last time and followed up with a cosy success over two-miles-one today.
The 11/8 favourite was held up early by Keith Donoghue before improving to lead before the fourth fence.
He and nearest pursuer Bold Emperor were nicely clear at halfway after Dontdooddson crashed out at the sixth fence.
Dollar Value had his rival off the bridle two from home and Donoghue could afford to coast home on the run-in to secure a 10-length success.
It was a double on the card for the winning rider following the opening race success of Faith Du Val
McCourt said: "Darragh (O'Keeffe, on Bold Emperor) knew my horse and I'd say he was just trying to take it off him down the back to see would it sicken him, but my fella just kept taking it out of him with his jumping.
"He's in a great vein of form at the moment. Keith is a great horseman and he jumped great for him again today.
"He'll be well up in the weights after this so we'll go for the Grade 2 at Gowran Park in early October. He's match fit and some horses in that will be coming back from a break. We have to have a go at something like that at this stage.
"Then the plan is to go to the November meeting in Cheltenham and we'll be leaving him off for the year after that."
(Quotes by Mark Nunan)