Delias Pet delivers for Team Doyle

Nine-year-old Delias Pet (7/1) doubled her win-tally to two under 18-year-old David Doyle today, landing Fairyhouse's Baroneracing.com Winter Festival Handicap Hurdle (division II), for the jockey's father trainer Tim Doyle.

Homebred Delias Pet broke her maiden tag at Galway last year and today, under regular rider Doyle, was neatly produced from rear to eventually score by a half-length from Lariat

Doyle senior stated “she's a bit inconsistent but on her day she's good although we initially thought she would be doing that at a higher level. Even today when she got to the front David said she was idling and wasn't killing herself. She has ability but doesn't like going through the pain barrier!

“He gave her a good ride and knows her well. We were running her over three miles and maybe she wasn't finishing it out, so we dropped her back to two-and-a-half. She had no problem travelling at that pace and loves a bit of nice ground.

“We could look at something similar again or she's handicapped over fences, so might go down that road.

“If the rain comes we'll probably let her off for the winter but with the way things are looking, we might get to go again.”

Quotes from Gary Carson