Storm Ranger brings up 750 for Flynn

Pat Flynn saddled the 750th winner of his long and illustrious career when Storm Ranger took the Derek O’Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap at the Curragh.

The Carrick-on-Suir handler has enjoyed many great days in the past with Cheltenham winners Montelado and French Ballerina plus Designs On Rome, who went on to be a champion in Hong Kong.

Storm Ranger, well backed on track from 10/1 into 7/1, made good headway in the straight under Denis Linehan.

The five-year-old gelding struck the front inside the final furlong of this 1m2f event, and kept on well to beat Emily Square by a length and three quarters. Dazzle The Duel was a further two and three quarter lengths away in third, with Commander Won completing the places in fourth.

Flynn said, “I was a lucky man today as I was very nearly leaving him at home. I rang here and it hadn’t rained and I said we’d chance it but he did it well. He’ll be some horse over hurdles.”