Hughes & King win another bumper Dessie Hughes and Johnny King combined to record their second bumper success in as many days as the 15/8 favourite Art Of Logistics took the Oran INH Flat Race. The 4yo son of Exit To Nowhere had just one run to his name before today, finishing fourth in a bumper at the Punchestown Festival in April behind Grand Jesture. Having opened at 5/2 with Paddy Powers this morning, he opened at 11/4 on track before being back into 15/8 clear favourite at the off. He chased the leaders in the early stages and was second at the halfway stage. He hit the front four furlongs out but was joined two furlongs out by 4/1 shot Sitcom (opened 5/2 joint favourite with Paddy Powers this morning). He then regained the lead over a furlong out and kept on well inside the final furlong when ridden to score by four lengths at the line. The Noel Meade trained Curley Bill (6/1) and the David Martin Kelly trained King William (20/1) dead-heated for second while Sitcom faded close home to finish fifth. Hughes, who was recording his fourth winner since Saturday, said afterwards: "I’m not really a bumper man at all but it’s nice to have two winners in two days. "He was a cheap horse with a great pedigree and we bought him for €10,000 at the Derby Sale (June 2011). "He is a proper horse and hopefully he will go on from this. He has always shown plenty of ability at home and he ran a hell of a race on his debut. "He will go straight over hurdles now and he has schooled very well over them at home." (On-course reporting by Thomas Weekes)
