Flanagan bags winner on eve of wedding

Sean Flanagan prepared for his wedding to Lauren Carragher tomorrow by riding a winner at Ballinrobe today, landing the opening A History In The Making Maiden Hurdle on the Noel Meade trained Too Bright (5/1 — 3/1).

The juvenile hurdle had eight runners with Too Bright, making his jumps debut, surviving a blunder at the first before eventually scoring hard-held by two and a half lengths from Powerful Kieran

Following the race trainer Meade stated “he’d been schooling great at home and I’d say the hurdles probably improved him on the Flat as well. He was lucky not to go down at the first but after that he was brilliant.

“I was worried that the ground might be too soft for him as a few times before he ran bad and I was blaming the ground.

“He’ll probably go for a winners race and he can go back on the Flat at some stage as well.”

Quotes from Alan Magee