Moncherie makes all for gutsy win

The Joe Fogarty trained Moncherie was the gutsy winner of the Follow Tramore Races On Facebook Mares Beginners Steeplechase at Tramore today, making all when seeing off her nine rivals under Tom Doyle.

The daughter of King's Theatre was clear when blundering slightly at the final fence but stayed on well on the run-in to hold the challenge of Rising Time

Fogarty later reported “that was unexpected! She had a run over this course before, which I suppose helped and was wearing a tongue tie today which also made a difference.

“She panics in her races and her jockeys normally come back in and say she was running on 'the one breath'.

“I'd say she is suited to here and I counted five or six horses that had no experience over fences so that was also a help.

“She has a good pedigree and it's nice to get that win into her. Tom (Doyle) gave her a great ride and he is a great judge of pace. Her owner P.J. Condron is from Roscommon and he played football for Roscommon in his time."

(On-course reporting by Donal Murphy)