Limerick jockeys continue their fine recent form with some notable victories

FOUR Limerick jockeys were in the winners enclosure this past week.

Rathkeale's Conor McNamara added to his Listowel festival success on Penny Jar when scoring on the Pat Downey-trained six-year-old in the two mile five-furlong handicap hurdle at Punchestown last Tuesday.

The Kevin Heaney-owned 15/2 chance scored by three-parts of a length when a winner at the Kerry venue and he followed up by the same winning distance when getting the better of Gavin Cromwell’s 4/1 favourite Clear The Clouds.

Chris Hayes and trainer Edward Lynam maintained their good recent strike-rates on the all-weather at Dundalk as Selective Power, owned and bred by Sabina Power, landed the opening division of the seven-furlong on Wednesday. The Dunshaughlin-based trainer recorded a 1-2 in the race with the gambled-on 9/2 chance arriving late on the scene to beat his own stable mate Linus Larrabee by a neck.

Owned by Jerry Enright and ridden by his son Mark, 11/2 chance Chutzpal won the two-mile handicap. The three-year-old led early in the straight and came home a length and three-parts to the good over the Eoin McCarthy-trained Well Funded.

Billy Lee landed the concluding 12-furlong handicap on the Andy Oliver-trained Cold Steel. A well-supported 9/2 shot, the Team Valor-owned four-year-old held off the late run of the David Broad-trained Turf Range to score by half a length.

Upcoming Fixtures

Tramore – Tuesday, December 6 (First Race 12.45pm)

Dundalk – Wednesday, December 7 (First Race 1.30pm)

Clonmel – Thursday, December 8 (First Race 12.05pm)

Dundalk – Friday, December 9 (First Race 5.15pm)

Navan – Saturday, December 10 (First Race 12 noon)

Cork – Sunday, December 11 (First Race 12.15pm)

Punchestown – Sunday, December 11 (First Race 12.30pm)