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- Favori has to fight in Limerick feature
Gary Carson
Favori has to fight in Limerick feature
Favori De Champdou and Jack Kennedy (far side) jump the last alongside Donacheady Gale
© Photo Healy Racing
The Gordon Elliott-trained Favori De Champdou was made to work hard to land the odds in the Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice Chase at Limerick this evening.
The 8/13 favourite made most of the running in the three-miler with Bella Bliss for company.
The latter looked to be travelling best as the favourite came off the bridle going to the second last fence.
It turned into a three-way battle before the final fence as Donacheady Gale challenged between the pair.
Jack Kennedy had to get serious with the hotpot to grab a narrow advantage on the run-in and the Gigginstown gelding was all out to score by a neck from Donacheady Gale at the line.
Kennedy said afterwards:- "He got a fall in the Irish National and jumped a bit carefully today. He was very careful and I wasn't able to go as quick as I would have liked on him but he got it done.
"It turned into a sprint down to the second last but he was going to outstay them."
(Quotes by Tom Weekes)