Maundy & King in the Money again

Seven pound claimer Connor King recorded his fourth winner since Friday, as he took the Supervalu’s Roscommon Handicap aboard the well-backed David Marnane trained Maundy Money The sixteen year-old Cork teenager recorded his first double at Bellewstown on Friday and he has now finished in the money on his last eight rides. The ten-year-old winning son of King's Best last tasted success at Tipperary in October of 2011, all of twenty-nine runs ago. He had gone close on a couple of occasions this year and having opened at 10/1 this morning, he went from 8s into 6s on-course. He tracked the leaders in the early stages before he improved to lead under two furlongs out. He was sent on a furlong from home and he stayed on well from there to record a comfortable two and three parts of a length success. After winning at Bellewstown on Friday, Elusive Express was sent off the 3/1 favourite but she had to settle for second here under Pat Smullen for Harry Rogers while All Silver was a further two and a quarter lengths back in third under Ian Queally for Pat Flynn at 10/1. David Marnane said afterwards: "He has been knocking on the door all year and it was sticky ground the last day on probably his only bad run. "He deserved that and I can’t retire him as he loves it so much. "On his day he is good, and he will go up a few pounds for that but we will head on to Killarney and Galway with him now. Additional reporting by Alan Magee