Seefood (Barry Geraghty) jumps the last© Photo Healy Racing
The Ballinrobe Race Committee Chase looked a match beforehand between Seefood and Rough Justice and so it proved with the former justifying evens favouritism.
Rough Justice (5/4) was bidding for a hat-trick having added to a Sligo maiden hurdle win by scoring on his chase debut over course and distance last month.
However Seefood, successful himself over fences at Kilbeggan last month, took a narrow lead over the penultimate fence, and was about a length up when Rough Justice lost any chance by stumbling badly on landing after the last.
This left Barry Geraghty to come home at his leisure on the Dessie Hughes-trained gelding for a 20 lengths verdict, with Playtime Ben in third spot.
Geraghty said, “The day I fell off him at Kilbeggan, the ground was on the quick side and I was forcing him all the way and he wants a slight ease.
"He was a good hurdler who is making into a chaser now but might possibly run out of ground in Ireland now. I wouldn't imagine he'll run in December on heavy ground. He's a nice horse and did it well."
(TW & AM)
