Michael Graham

Peace Maker gives Feane two on the night

Tue 8th Aug 2017, 20:28

Peace Maker forges on under Gary Halpin
© Photo Healy Racing

Peace Maker stayed on strongly to land the mile and a half handicap in Cork for Jonny Feane at 16/1.

This gave Feane an across-the-card double as Not A Bad Oul Day also won in Roscommon.

In this assignment, Peace Maker raced in a clear second behind front-running Big Ego

He was ridden into the lead by Gary Halpin with two and a half furlongs to travel and showed his stamina by galloping on resolutely. Bold Knight (11/2) kept him honest by finishing his race well to be a never nearer second, beaten a length and three parts at the line.

Big Ego at 7/1 edged out 11/4 favourite Shoulda Lied by a nose for third.

The trainer's father, Jimmy Feane, said: "He jumps a hurdle and will hopefully be going for a three-year-old hurdle soon."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

8.00

1st

Peace Maker (GER) (13)

16/1

Tote €24.40 €5.90

2nd

1.75L

Bold Knight (GB) (8)

11/2

€2.70

3rd

Big Ego (GB) (5)

7/1

€2.80

4th

nose

Shoulda Lied (IRE) (4)

11/4Fav

Full Result

About Michael Graham

Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.

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