Joshua Webb and Eoin Walsh (near side) defeat Jungle Junction in the bumper © Photo Healy Racing
Noel Meade ran two in the concluding Kevin Bell Trust (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race, and while Dexter Tiger was unlucky to clip a heel and unseat rider early in the straight, Joshua Webb (10/1, from as big as 18/1 in the morning) came through between horses to lead inside the final furlong and went on to score by two lengths.
The free-running Jungle Junction (9/2) did well to keep on for second with Energumene (4/1) another length and a half back in third place.
The 4/6 favourite Fakir Dalene finished seventh.
The winner, a four-year-old by Flemensfirth and a half-brother to four winners, had shown promise when finishing eighth in the valuable Tattersalls Ireland Sales Bumper at Fairyhouse in April.
It was a sixth winner of the season, all for Meade, for 7lbs claiming-professional Eoin Walsh.
“He's a nice horse. I think the other lad is a nice horse too but they were so confident about Gordon's horse,” said the winning trainer Noel Meade.
“I was underbidder on his lad at the sales. He was telling me all week that he was very good so I got afraid.
“Jimmy Kernohan, who owns him, is only out of hospital and that'll be a bit of a pick up for him as he hasn't been well for the last week.
“He's a nice horse going forward and we'll probably go jumping now.”
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
