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A Sunday to remember for 'Shark'

Sun 5th Mar 2017, 15:41

Camlann and Rachael Blackmore head for victoryCamlann and Rachael Blackmore head for victory
© Photo Healy Racing

The Mee family and John 'Shark' Hanlon completed a quick Leopardstown double when Camlann turned out quickly after a Navan second placing yesterday to land the Coral.ie Handicap Hurdle under Rachael Blackmore.

Danny Mullins rode the opening Mee/Hanlon winner, Hidden Cyclone but Blackmore took over from Davy Russell on Camlann with his low-weight after his agonising defeat at Proudstown Park yesterday.

Back to two miles from the two and a half of Saturday's assignment, 9/4 favourite Camlann (slight mistake two out) travelled well, led before the last and then fended off Joshua Lane and Grand Partner by a length and three parts and three parts of a length.

Hanlon was an absentee, attending the point-to-point at Lemonfield where he took the opening four-year-old mares maiden with the Richie Harding-ridden Posh Trish.

The Leopardstown brace came in at odds of over 11/1 and the season's leading conditional rider (double at Navan yesterday) stated: "He wouldn't have run today if Shark didn't think he could handle it. He's a horse that takes his work, and we gave him a little trot down the road this morning and he was fresh so there was no reason why he shouldn't run.

"It felt like we went a good gallop, and it was a fantastic performance by the horse."

(AM & EM)

1st
9/4Fav
Tote €2.90 €1.10
2nd
1.75L
10/3
€1.50
3rd
0.75L
3/1
€1.20