Patience pays off with Must Must Go Now attracted support in the two-and-a-half mile handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse and ran out a cosy winner for owner/trainer Eddie Cawley. The Ocovango gelding was backed from 20/1 this morning into 10/1 and came with a strong run to lead before the last under Kieren Buckley. He galloped on strongly to score by five lengths over Tyson, opening his account on his eighth birthday. “We’re happy with that, he’s eight-year-old so he’s entitled to it,” said Cawley. “He’s a funny horse. I went to Ballinrobe with him in the summer and he got jarred up, we thought he wanted good ground but I wasn’t happy with him when he came home. “We ran him at Punchestown over three miles and felt he just didn’t get the trip. “We thought we’d go back to two-and-a-half here and it obviously worked. Kieren said he definitely doesn’t want heavy ground either. “He was well entitled to win one, we felt, somewhere along the line. Hopefully we can get another one out of him somewhere. “He said the first half he wasn’t travelling for him but he said when he gave him a smack across the top at Ballyhack and said ‘get into the race a bit’ he tanked with him then. “I’m happy that he put his nose in front eventually for us.”
