L'or Des Roses © Photo Healy Racing
The 4/1 favourite L’or Des Roses made short work of his sixteen rivals in the first division of the 80-95 rated handicap hurdle.
Ben Harvey quickly had the French-bred five-year-old, trained by his grandfather David, at the head of affairs and the grey went along in a lovely rhythm and jumped well. He had everything behind him off the bridle racing to the second-last and came home an easy eight lengths winner from Londonofficecallin
It was a first success for L’or Des Roses who had been a distant second to Appian Way on yielding ground at Downpatrick on handicap debut.
The winning rider said: "He is owned by my dad, trained by my grandad so that'll keep connections happy for another while - it's great to get a winner for them.
"He is a really straightforward horse in every way, is easy to train and jumps and travels. He is a pleasure to deal with. The ground at Downpatrick the last day found him out, all his four runs had been at Downpatrick so a more conventional galloping track may have brought about the improvement.
"I wouldn't say he would go on winter ground as he is only handy and got away with it today."
Quotes from Tom Weekes
