Cobra Queen sheds maiden tag over hurdles

Point-to-point winner Cobra Queen (17/2) had taken a tumble in her first handicap at Wexford but had a happier time in the Follow Us On Instagram Mares Handicap Hurdle.

There was a host of horses in with a chance racing down the straight but Rachael Blackmore's mount had clear sailing down the outside and led over the last before being ridden out to beat Teagarden Jazz by a length and a quarter.

Matt Fitzgerald's daughter of Milan is trained by Henry de Bromhead.

The winning rider said: "She was a bit unlucky when she fell the last day but jumped well today and travelled well. She did it nicely.”

Blackmore missed an earlier ride on the card after some problems with her car on the way to the track.

Quotes from Alan Magee