McGarvey making useful connections

Plinth won an incident packed four-runner two mile hurdle in Cork after Flaxen Flare crashed out at the second last when leading.

Davy Condon took a heavy fall from Flaxen Flare (1/1f) who had all her rivals off the bridle when she ploughed through the penultimate hurdle. This led to Draycott Place colliding with the turn-off rail which stopped him in his tracks. Plinth (11/4) was left clear and Jody McGarvey pushed him out to hold The Plan Man (4/1) by two lengths. The runner-up was a major on-course gamble from 7/1 to 4/1.

“That’s my first ride for Aidan (O’Brien) and it’s nice to be associated with people like Aidan and JP (McManus). I kicked on my horse sooner than I would have liked, but it forced Flaxen Flare into making his mistake,” Jody McGarvey said.

“He jumped very well. He idled a bit, but he had the race put to bed at that stage.”

Davy Condon was conscious after his fall, but was taken to hospital by ambulance with a suspected back injury.

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes