Kingston Hill and Maxine O'Sullivan © Photo Healy Racing
Kingston Kid (12/1) got up close home to land the John & Peter Queally Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle.
The four-year-old, runner-up on handicap debut at Limerick, raced in mid-division under Maxine O’Sullivan and improved into fourth place with two to jump before staying on well on the run-in to collar 10/11 favourite Lovely Moon by a head.
O’Sullivan, whose father Eugene trains the winner, said: “He’s a lovely little horse who has progressed greatly. I’m delighted for the lads (Kingston Hill Partnership) who own him and they are local to us at home.
"I was a bit worried down the back but I know he stays really well. I kept him wide for a bit of nicer ground and it suited him.”
Quotes from Alan Magee
