That's Mad sprints to victory for Manning & Breen

Kevin Manning made his only ride at Bellewstown a winning one when getting the Leanne Breen-trained That’s Mad up in the closing stages to land the Indaver Ireland Handicap at odds of 17/2.

The five-year-old gelding was switched right to challenge and went through a gap inside the final furlong, getting on top in the closing stages to beat the pace-setting Jungle Jane by half-a-length. Tide Of Time could find no extra in the final 100 yards finishing a further length and three quarters back in third.

Breen said, “He ran very well here last year and was beaten by a good filly in A Step Too Far. In those better races it suits him as he has a better pace to aim at.

“He was very tough there today as it wasn’t straight forward for him. He’s done it well.

“He’s run against a lot of those horses before and they have beaten him, so to get up today is good and means that he’s improving.

“We’ll see what the handicapper does but there is plenty of races for him. We’ll keep him busy this year as he’s getting tougher and taking his races well.”