HENRY de Bromhead’s decision to field a five-strong team for the featured BoyleSports Handicap Chase paid dividends as the trainer’s Capuccimix bagged this €40,000 prize under Jordan Gainford to head a treble for the yard.

The Robcour-owned winner was chasing his first win since March 2020 and even though he had finished out of the money on his last three starts he had still run quite well at the Dublin Racing Festival, Cheltenham and the Punchestown Festival.

Here fitted with a first time tongue-tie for his return from 78 days off, the eight-year-old put it all together.

In a race where it paid to race up with the pace, Capuccimix took over in front early on the final circuit and a clean round of jumping paved the way for him to beat last year’s winner Everlastingpromise by six lengths.

“He jumped well and was brave when I needed him and he ran right to the line. He was fresh and Henry was very positive. You couldn’t have asked for more from him,” said Gainford.

Chancers’ win

Henry de Bromhead also took the opening BoyleSports-sponsored mares’ maiden hurdle over two and three-quarter miles with the Rachael Blackmore-ridden Leac An Scail Lady.

The Chancers Mac Syndicate-owned 7/4 favourite was given quite a fright by the 100/1 second reserve Fly Little Bird but responded to that challenge to get home by half a length. Seven of the runners failed to complete and Winning Kate sadly took a fatal fall with a circuit to run while Presentingnewyork was pulled up injured before the sixth flight.

Blackmore injured

Unfortunately Rachael Blackmore’s day took a turn for the worse as she suffered a very nasty fall from the favourite Merry Poppins in the BoyleSports-sponsored handicap hurdle over two and a half miles.

The jockey received treatment on the track for a period before then being removed to Tralee Hospital for further assessment on an upper leg injury.

She was fully conscious when she left the track.

In the race itself Swordsman (9/1), who had been badly out of sorts for the best part of two years, took advantage of first-time blinkers and a sliding handicap mark to strike for Denise Foster and man of the moment Jordan Gainford.

The Gigginstown House Stud-owned gelding raced on the pace throughout and pressed on for home from the bypassed third last to score by a comfortable seven and a half lengths.

PHILIP Rothwell has enjoyed quite a resurgence in 2021 and that continued into the final day of the July festival as the trainer bagged a double.

Rothwell’s first winner came courtesy of Ricky Langford in the first division of the BoyleSports-sponsored 80-102 rated handicap hurdle over two miles. Paddy O’Hanlon produced the 18/1 chance to lead before the last and the seven-year-old son of Alkaadhem went on to succeed by three and a half lengths to record the second success of his career. The winner is owned by the Kings Horses Syndicate – school friends of the trainer – and he is likely to switch to fences before the end of the summer.

Hill travels

Rothwell added to his tally in the other division of the 80-102 rated handicap hurdle as Baltinglass Hill (8/1) and Rachael Blackmore got the better of Rich Belief. The latter travelled strongly throughout but he wasn’t all that fluent at the last and he ceded valuable momentum to Baltinglass Hill who stole through on the inner to lead on the run in.

Rich Belief was coming back at the line but the Rothwell-trained and James Guilfoyle-owned four-year-old clung on by a nose. He could now head to Galway.

THE progressive Cavalry Master (5/2) brought up Henry de Bromhead’s treble as he made it four wins on the spin in the Live Streaming On The BoyleSports App Novice Chase.

A second winner on the day for Gigginstown House Stud, this gelding hasn’t looked back since registering his first win over fences at Kilbeggan in April and was recording his second success over this two-mile-seven-furlong course and distance having also struck at the May meeting.

Cavalry Master was ridden by Mike O’Connor and looked to have this race in safe keeping once he took the measure of stablemate Myth Buster from two out.

The 5/2 chance idled late on which allowed Hewick to close to within a length and a quarter at the line but he was value for much more.

Just Jewel

The five-day meeting concluded with a winning favourite as Jeremys Jewel (7/4) won the BoyleSports-sponsored mares’ winners’ bumper.

The six-year-old returned from over a year and a half off to win a Wexford bumper last month – she had previously shown up well at Grade 2 level – and she took advantage of a good opportunity under Barry O’Neill to beat Via Rosa by a length.

The winner did come in on top of the runner-up and a stewards’ enquiry was called but the result was left unchanged. Paul Nolan trains the winner for Philip Byrne.

Abraham again

The capable Abraham notched up the sixth success of his career and his first over fences in the BoyleSports-sponsored handicap chase over two and a half miles.

The Colm Herron-owned nine-year-old, who is trained by Martin Brassil and was ridden by his son Conor, hadn’t won for just over a year but was a well-backed 9/1 chance to make a winning handicap chase debut.

Abraham always seemed to have the measure of Stylish Moment (33/1) from the last and he went on to defeat that rival by three-quarters of a length.