Spare Brakes makes amends for recent fall

Spare Brakes has been a good servant to the Tyners and the ten-year-old today gained a fourth career win in the Proudstown Handicap Chase at Navan.

Robert Tyner ’s stable jockey Phillip Enright tracked the leaders in fifth on the Westerner gelding, and he made headway into third three out.

Spare Brakes went second travelling well two out, and he was pushed along to lead after the last.

Staying on well under hands and heels, the 5/1 victor comfortably accounted for the mistake prone Conright Boy by two lengths.

Gambled-on favourite Odds Or Evens stayed on for third, from off the pace, fifteen lengths back.

“He likes heavy ground and two miles seems to be his trip,” said Enright.

“The last day he fell at the last, he was running an okay race and would have been second or third as the winner had flown that day. The ground was more testing today and suited him better.

“We went a nice gallop and they came back to him a bit. He kept galloping away.

“He's an old horse and has won a couple of races so it's great to get him back in front.

“It's great for Robert and Mary as well. They've been a bit quiet with runners lately but they are in great form thank-God.”

M.F. Mooney, rider of King's War trained by Mrs Ann Mooney, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount did not handle the ground and was pulled up.

(GC & EM)