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Harrington and O'Donoghue double up

Sun 7th May 2017, 14:17

Pincheck (nearside, Colm O'Donoghue) got up  to beat Captain Hardship (centre)Pincheck (nearside, Colm O'Donoghue) got up to beat Captain Hardship (centre)
© Photo Healy Racing

The former Luca Cumani runner Pincheck made a winning start for Jessica Harrington to bring up a double for the Commonstown handler and jockey Colm O'Donoghue in race two at Leopardstown, the Mortons Coaches Maiden.

This Invincible Spirit colt was well-touted going off a 3/1 chance on his first start for 187 days.

O'Donoghue, half-an-hour earlier a winner on the two-year-old, Brother Bear, had to get after Pincheck in the straight, and then had to thread a passage to deliver his challenge.

He managed to do all this in sufficient time to get the Jon Kelly-owned Pincheck up to beat Captain Hardship by a neck.

"Colm gave him a bit of time and then he got stopped on his first run but he got going again. He's a beautiful big horse," explained Mrs Harrington.

"The owner Jon Kelly is from California, and he's part of five horses that came from Luca Cumani."

(AM & EM)

1st
3/1
Tote €4.00 €1.30
2nd
nk
8/1
€2.20
3rd
1.5L
10/1
€2.20
4th
2.5L
6/1
bf
1.25L
2/1Fav