Henning scores for Hogan & King

Top weight Henning (13/2) landed the the novice handicap hurdle in the hands of Daniel King.

It was a third win, and a second over hurdles, in nine starts for the homebred daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar. She came from mid-division to lead at the second-last and was driven out to beat 6/5 favourite Positive Thinker by three parts of a length.

Winning trainer Denis Hogan said: "She is a well bred mare and it has taken her a while to get her to where she is now. She was in-and-out last year and she had a few blips and issues this year too but we think they're ironed out now.

"She'll go to Punchestown now for the Listed novice hurdle on Tuesday as it will be her last chance to get black-type as a novice. If we could get blacktype it would be a bonus as the mare's family and (owners) the Hennellys have been unbelievable for me.

"Her half-sisters Moyhenna won a Grade 2 chase here in the past, Moskovite was good while another one Pontoon never got to run due to injury but was very good. A brother was recently second in a point to point and I have two more sisters coming soon, all from the same mare (Moskova)."

Quotes from Tom Weekes