Memories of Grand National for Mangan

MEMORIES of landowner

Jimmy Mangan’s 2003 Aintree Gr and Na tion al wi nner Monty’s Pass were evoked after the scintillating debut success of Montys Soldier Mangan trains the homebred Montys Soldier for his wife Mary and the son of Soldier Of Fortune traces to the family of Monty’s Pass

The towering Montys Soldier travelled effortlessly into the race, the Goulding Family, John Connery Family & BH Tree Services adjacent maiden, under Johnny Hurley before moving past longtime leader Champagne Saloon well before two out.

It was all plain sailing from there as the winning halfbrother to Grade 2 hurdler

Minella Awards stormed clear to beat All Night Parking by 20 lengths

“He’s a horse that we think a lot of and he will be brought along the same lines as Monty’s Pass, who won his maiden here as a five-year-old [in 1998],” Mangan said.

“Monty’s Pass won four points altogether and we will

Star performance

Rocky’s Howya became the first horse of the season to reach the five-winner mark with a 45-length victory now ru n this fellow in a winners’ race.”

Handler Con McSweeney received an ideal gift ahead of his wedding to Niamh Moloney on Thursday as he sent out Butcher Hollow, whom he owns jointly with County Wexford handler Benny Walsh, to record a taking victory under Darragh Allen in the Fifty Stars four-year-old maiden.

In a race run at a ferocious pace, Butcher Hollow was always in the first two and the Kingston Hill-sired winner moved past favourite Desert Halo after the third-last.

Butcher Hollow – six-horse handler McSweeney’s first runner of the season – could always be called the likely winner and led by eight lengths over closest pursuer Siam Park when Jimmy Kelly’s charge fell at the final fence eight days after a fifth unsuccessful attempt in maiden company, had the desired effect as he eased 15 lengths clear of the Ballycrystal winner Desert Cave

“It’s taken a while but he got there,” stable representative Michael Phillips said. “He’s been very unlucky on more than one occasion. He doesn’t handle soft ground and really liked the better ground today.”

Asian Master had run a race full of promise when making his debut on the corresponding card 12 months ago as he had chased home the Grade 2 Future Stars bumper runner-up Fact To File

Despite disappointing at Corbeagh House in December, he bounced back to form under Thomas Costello by beating Virginia Considine’s Honneur De Sivola by three lengths in the Linnane’s Lobster Bar, Conoles Bar & Sixmilebridge Co-Op Mart older geldings’ maiden.