The Tom McCourt trained Nedera (7/4f) justified strong support when landing the Dundalk Stadium Racecourse Of The Year Handicap at Dundalk this evening for Champion Apprentice Jockey Colin Keane.

A winner last Friday over course and distance, Nedera was, in theory, 1lb badly off under her five pounds penalty but made of that minor detail, with a neck win over Almosthaditall

The winner was backed from 9/2 in the morning into 7/4 favourite and following the win, jockey Keane stated “she did it well and travelled really well. I was holding on to her as she does nothing when she gets to the front.

“If anything she was fresher today than the last day.”

By Thomas Weekes, quotes from Gary Carson