If The Cap Fits rises to the top for keen angler Liam Gilsenan

Careful selection of stallions the secret to breeder's success

Liam Gilsenan: breeder of Duke Of Lucca and If The Cap FitsCredit: Mick Flanagan

Keen angler and breeder Liam Gilsenan enjoyed another fine breeding success when If The Cap Fits won the Grade 2 Coral Hurdle for the second year in a row at Ascot on Saturday.

The seven-year-old Milan gelding earned a career-best Racing Post Rating of 167 for his half-length win over Call Me Lord, making him the highest-rated hurdler in Britain and Ireland so far this season.

So how did the chairman of the Lough Derravaragh Angling Association in County Westmeath come to breed the star hurdler?

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Ollie O'DonoghueRacing Post Reporter

Published on 25 November 2019inNews

Last updated 19:22, 25 November 2019

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