Doubles galore at Lyre

Lyre, Saturday

MATTHEW O’Reilly from Drimoleague, Baltimore youngster Eoin Murphy and Leap driver Patrick Hill all drove a double at Lyre on Saturday, June 10th.

O’Reilly kicked off his brace of winners with Spartan Warrior in the grade F Pace. The homebred son of Earned Income finished second at the same venue the previous week. He went one better on the day getting the better of Rhyds Panache by five lengths.

Get Me Out Of Here gave O’Reilly his second winner of the afternoon when landing the spoils in the Grade F and E Pace.

Rebecca Hurley was driving in her first race and was quick to lead on Louis Vuitton who was followed by Yankee George and On Top Apache.

Going out on the final circuit the order remained unchanged, but the cavalry was beginning to close. Turning for home Get Me Out Of Here got his nose in front but Louis Vuitton battled back. Get Me Out Of Here prevailed by a neck with a further neck to the fast-finishing IB Paddington.

Eoin Murphy is one of the up-and-coming drivers on the circuit and the 18-year-old was twice on the score sheet.

Brywins Starship is always a big danger when drawn in pole position and took advantage of the number one draw in the A to C pace.

Murphy, who has forged a strong partnership with Brywins Starship, wasn’t waiting on his three rivals and set good early fractions for the opening lap. He held on to win having shaken off the attentions of both Teddy Camden and Blue Showdown. The winner is trained by Conor Hurley for Dunmanway-based Mike Healy.

Murphy had earlier guided his father Tadhg’s Streams Of Whiskey to break his maiden tag in the four runner Grade G and G1 Pace. Moorside Jason tried to make the running but Streams Of Whiskey pounced and went on to win by two lengths.

Patrick Hill from Leap partially made up for the disappointment of Humour De Cosse’s disqualification in The Irish American Final last weekend with two winners on the day.

Halloway Road has proven a bit of an enigma for the Leap based Hill Family.

The six-year-old did not falter, leading from the start and did not see saw another rival, eventually winning by eight lengths.

The top-grade trot had only three runners and it was built up as the clash of Duc D’Arry and Comete Des Landes. Bibi Dairpet had a 20-yard advantage in the handicap and went about his business leading out for the opening lap. On the back straight, the big two joined issue with Comete Des Landes eventually prevailing after Duc d’Arry had galloped.

Tuning in

Patrick Hill came in for the catch drive on the winner. Regular driver Donal Murphy was tuning in to the action from his holidays.

Jamie Hurley from Reenascreena got on the winners’ list with Dedicace De Rhuys in the Grade E Trot. Firstly, Brutenor challenged, then sat in to wait for the straight.

Homa came home with a wet sail, but Dedicace De Rhuys was not to be denied, holding on to win by a length. Homa should be followed.

“We had a few issues with her, so she is now trained out of the paddock and that’s two in a row. John O’Sullivan from Schull owns her and to be fair he lets us do our job. Rebecca had her first drive today and it went really well for her. Our ‘’yard manager” Timmy O’Donovan says we have plenty of options for drivers now,” stated Jamie.