Swelltime left to come home easy winner Swelltime was left to come home a facile winner in the opening Connolly's Red Mills Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park. The Joe Murphy-trained gelding cut out the running in the two-miler and was pressed going to the second last by Pepperoni Pete. That rival crashed out at the penultimate flight, however, and badly hampered the third-running Isotope, who unseated his rider. It left the way clear for Swelltime, and David Mullins, to record an easy 16 length success over Royal Aide. The 9/4 favourite had been narrowly denied on the Flat at the Curragh on his last outing having also been runner-up over timber at Tipperary previously. Assistant trainer Joe Murphy junior said:- “He could go for a staying Flat handicap at Galway.    “He’s a nice horse, obviously a good stayer, and possibly something like the Lartigue (Handicap Hurdle at Listowel) might suit him.    “We can make plenty of use of him over two miles.”  (Quotes by Alan Magee)
