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Stream finds full flow
Pink Hat and Icy Reply lead winner Desertmore Stream (Brian O'Connell) over the last
© Photo Healy Racing
Icy Reply s drift left in the closing stages of the Guinness Novice Hurdle at Galway, opened the door for Desertmore Stream to land the two and a half miler under Brian O'Connell.
The Aine O'Connor-ridden Icy Reply had got the better of the eventual third, Pink Hat but her deviation from a straight line presented the opportunity for the strong finishing Desertmore Stream who got up by a length and a quarter.
O'Connell said of the Gigginstown House Stud-owned winner: "I was struggling as he was a bit keen and a bit deliberate in his jumping.
"He missed the second last and done the same at the last. It was unfortunate for Dessie's horse (Icy Reply) that she veered a little to the left but in fairness to my fella he stuck at it well to get there in the last fifty yards."
Winning trainer Philip Fenton commented: "He's a good stayer and he'll probably jump a fence (a point-to-point winner in the past)." (TW & EM)