McManus completes Gowran double

Owner J.P. McManus completed a double at Gowran today as father/son, trainer/jockey combination Philip and Luke Dempsey landed the Paul Murphy & First Auto Finance Handicap Chase with 11/1 chance Whatareudoingtome

The son of High Chaparral's only previous win came in December 2014 and today was helped by the fall at the second last fence of Garrai Phaidin before scoring a seven and a half lengths win over Mtada Supreme

Dempsey senior later commented “he’d been struggling in the heavy ground, and that better ground helped. He jumped great.”

By Tom Weekes, quotes from Alan Magee