Golden Jewel well up to task on handicap debut

Locally-based Eddie Cawley likes to have a winner at Fairyhouse, and his 20/1 shot Golden Jewel convincingly took the honours in the Book Easter Festival Tickets Online At fairyhouse.ie Handicap Hurdle.

Off an 84 day break, Golden Jewel, a five-year-old son of Brian Boru, was contesting his first handicap in this two miler.

Chris Timmons was noted in the red and white of the Mr & Mrs J Owens Partnership, sitting pretty aboard Golden Jewel from a little way out.

Timmons asked his mount to lead at the last and he then went on to see off Ale Ambrosio by a length and a half.

"We thought he'd need the run and I didn't think that he would handle the ground as well as he did. Chris said he loved the ground," stated Cawley.

"We ran him one day in Thurles on that sort of ground and the lad came in and said he hated it. I'm gobsmacked to see him winning - and how he won. It's nice when it happens and we'll get the turkey now anyway!"

(AM & EM)