Padraig Roche achieved the incredible feat of winning the McCoy Contractors Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle for a second time with siblings, as Brazil’s half-brother Saratoga obliged under Mark Walsh for J.P. McManus.
Once rated 93 on the flat for Aidan O’Brien, the half-brother to dual classic winner Capri placed on his first three starts over hurdles for Roche and had been favourite for the race in recent days, but was eventually sent off 10/1. The Nicky Henderson-trained Mustang Du Breuil, also owned by birthday boy McManus, topped the market at 7/2.


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