'This first run for David is a big performance' - Ultimate Optimist impresses

Ultimate Optimist: poignant winner for David Christie

Saturday: East Antrim at Loughanmore

The victory of Ultimate Optimist in the Dennison JCB winners-of-two was a poignant one for David Christie after the death of his father James on the eve of the fixture.

The six-year-old was having his first start for Christie’s Fermanagh yard having beaten the subsequent double track winner Mac Suibhne in a Stowlin older maiden in the spring on the last of four outings for Donnchadh Doyle.

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Published on 25 October 2022inRegulars

Last updated 19:36, 25 October 2022

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