Hanlon delighted with 20/1 shot Rewritetherules

Rewritetherules sprang a surprise in the hunters chase at Down Royal when staying on best at 20/1.

Tom Hamilton sent him into the lead after the penultimate fence and he saw off Winged Leader (7/2) by two lengths.

Shark Hanlon said: "He's a 17hh horse. I ran him in a bumper in Gowran and I thought he couldn't get beaten - I ran him the wrong way, I made the running and they all took him on.

"He came out of Donnachadh Doyle's, a great yard to buy a horse out of. I rang Donnachadh before the race and I said to him 'I'm gonna drop this fellow last' and he said that was the thing to do with him.

"That's the first day with the hood, he's just a very free-going horse but I love him the whole time at home. He's doing everything right.

"It was a very competitive race.

"He'd stay three miles every day of the week. He's in again on Thursday but we'll see how we come out of the race, he might run again on Thursday in Tipperary.

"He's a good ground horse and he's a gorgeous horse. He's a staying chaser and the good thing about him is that you can drop him out. He's a proper horse.

"The owner Dan O'Rourke is from Naas. That's the second horse they have with me now." Complete Sizing the 8/13 favourite, dropped away to fourth and was found to be slightly lame behind post-race.