Humps And Bumps a notable first for Cullinan

Humps And Bumps gave Cian Cullinan his first racecourse success in the two mile six handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe.

The six-year-old mare made good headway to close at the seventh flight and moved into the lead at the third last.

She moved clear after the penultimate hurdle and stuck to her task well to win by three lengths at 9/1 for trainer Peter Croke. Dicey could make no impression in second at 20/1. She was a neck in front of She'stherightone at 11/2.

Cian Cullinan is 22 and a Wexford native with three victories in point-to-points to his name. He is a RACE graduate and said: "I won a point-to-point on that mare too so she's been good to me.

"She hung a bit with me but really it went like clockwork."

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy