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Keelaghan very smooth at Cork

Published at Oct 17, 2010, 16:25

Keelaghan backed from as high as 5/2 in the morning into 11/10 gave Tony Martin and Ruby Walsh compensation for the narrow defeat of High Cian in the opener by easily landing the Kinsale Handicap Chase at Cork.

The chestnut son of Accordion, now a ten-year-old, jumped to the front two out and he went on to beat the front-running Bachelor Affair by four lengths. He was completing a double for Ruby who won on Adrian Maguire's Anshan Dreams earlier.

Martin commented: "He was very unlucky in Galway and reversed the form with those that finished in front of him from there. He has form with Anshan Dreams and Prospectorous so it was there for all to see.

"A good shower of lads own him, Dublin people. He has to have good ground as he had a wind job done before. There is a nice two mile handicap for him in Cheltenham on the Friday of the Paddy Power meeting so he could go there."

Kinsale H'cap S'chase (Grade B) €40,000.00 2m

1st

Keelaghan (IRE)

11/10Fav

Tote €1.90 €1.20

2nd

4L

Bachelor Affair (GB)

10/1

€1.90

3rd

3.5L

Rookery Rebel (IRE)

16/1

€5.20

4th

4L

Heartansoul (IRE)

25/1

Ireland Jockeys Trainers A Martin Ruby Walsh Adrian Maguire

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