DOWNPATRICK’s Caoilin Quinn moved on to the 24-win mark for the British jumps’ season when recording three successes in the period under review, two for his retaining yard of Gary Moore.

The first of these came at Hereford on Saturday when, up at Musselburgh, Oisin Orr partnered two winners on the flat.

On the same afternoon at Carlisle, the Stuart Crawford-trained, Alfred Buller-bred Largy Shark carried the double green colours of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede to victory in the near two and a half mile novices’ hurdle.

This was a second success over the smaller obstacles, and the second under Daryl Jacob, for the six-year-old Califet gelding who is the sixth of seven foals out of the four-time winner Lady of Scarvagh (by Zaffaran) who comes from the family of Dorans Pride.

On Monday at Fairyhouse, the Crawford-trained Ailie Rose recorded her third win over timber, but her first in Ireland, when partnered to a five-length success in the near two and three-quarter mile handicap hurdle by Paddy O’Hanlon.

Popular win

This was a popular victory even beyond the local racing community as owner/breeder Elizabeth ‘Hammy’ Hamilton is well-known in the eventing sphere.

Her winner, a seven-year-old mare by Fame And Glory, is the sixth of seven foals out of the Topanoora mare Topanberry who is the dam of two other winners and comes from the family of Mendip Express and Fiddling The Facts.

England-based Dromore-born event rider Susie Berry is credited with breeding Bhaloo who, on her second start and her first in 386 days, won the bumper at Market Rasen on Sunday.

Trained by Fergal O’Brien and ridden by Liam Harrison, this five-year-old Sageburg gelding is the first of five recorded foals out of the unraced Presenting mare Feldaline who comes from the family of Goonyella and Razzamatazz.

The following afternoon at Cork there was disappointment for the David Christie yard when the odds-on Ultimate Optimist could only finish second in the Jack Tyner Memorial Hunters’ Chase. The three and three-quarter length winner was the nine-year-old Presenting gelding Dinny Lacey who was bred by Gareth Metcalfe out of the Old Vic mare Prowler who has bred four other winners including the Grade 2 scorer Creepy.

Sad farewell for Hear No Evil

WHILE so often we aren’t made aware of horses who lose their lives when running in point-to-points or on the track in this country, there was no hiding the fact that Hear No Evil suffered a fatal injury in the open at Loughanmore on Monday.

This was through the following posting on the Facebook page of Mel Smith Bloodstock. “Very very sad to get the message that Hear No Evil who was running his last race yesterday at Loughanmore before retiring received a very serious injury in the race and we lost him. He was a great lad who I purchased for Daniel Fitzsimmons in Jan 2020 from Dan Skelton and he was a star for Dan, winning chases at Ayr and Wetherby winning one off 127. He got back to the track after a bad injury with Dan doing a fantastic job in his care and regime. He was pointing this season and was 2nd to Winged Leader in Feb. Just wish he’d been able to enjoy a long retirement with Dan, as they would have had some craic together.

“Thoughts with Dan and connections. RIP Hear No Evil and thank you for so many special memories.”

From the family of Altior, the 2012 Getaway gelding Hear No Evil was bred in Co Kildare by renowned sport horse breeder and producer Mary McCann.

He was a sibling of four other winners including Ah Whisht (by Getaway) who carried Mary’s colours to a first-time-out victory in a mares’ maiden at Castle Irvine, Necarne, last November and has since won a maiden hurdle at Ffos Las for the Tom Symonds yard and finished second, beaten a head, at Plumpton on her only other start.