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Tongue tie helps Special Bar
Special Bar pops the last at Naas to win well
© Photo Healy Racing
Special Bar bounced back to form in the two mile three maiden hurdle at Naas for trainer Michael O’Hare.
The five-year-old had been below par in his last three outings, but stayed on nicely under Robbie Colgan with a good jump at the last sealing victory by two and three parts of a length at 6/1.
“It’s a lucky track for us. He’ll take a break now as he has a couple of niggly problems. Thank God we got the day out of him!” Michael O’Hare said.
“He has a wind problem and the tongue tie seemed to do the trick, but it is probably something that is only going to get worse.” Italian Chorus took the runner-up berth at 14/1 while Limerick Lane completed the placings at 7/1. Troubled coming off a break of 231 days, was the 9/10 favourite, but he weakened from before three out to trail in eighth.
The O’Hare stable has been operating at a strike-rate of almost 20 per cent at Naas.
(Additional reporting by Gary Carson)
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