Chance gets off the mark

The decision to turn Chance To Dance out again quickly reaped dividends as he opened his account in the Fethard Maiden at Clonmel.

The Jim Bolger-trained gelding had run well to finish second at the Curragh on Monday and confirmed that showing with a comprehensive success.

Kevin Manning held his mount up behind the leaders before switching on to the rail and taking closer order two furlongs out.

He claimed Ebadani with over a furlong to run and went on to record a three-length success.

The winner had traded at 8/11 this morning but was a solid 5/4 favourite on course.

“Kevin said he's very versatile and he's a tough horse,” said Ger Flynn, Bolger's travelling head lad.

“He's run over six furlongs and a mile-and-a-quarter and Kevin said he thinks he'll get a mile-and-a-half. He's also handled every type of ground.”

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)