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Pyromaniac has Martin fired up for hat-trick bid

Tony Martin: successful at Dundalk
Tony Martin: has three runners in his attempt to become only the second trainer to send out three consecutive winners of the raceCredit: Alan Crowhurst (Getty Images)

Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade A) | 4yo+ | 2m | RTE1/ATR

Pyromaniac leads Tony Martin's bid for a third consecutive win in Ireland's richest jumps prize after being cleared to run in the race by the High Court in Dublin on Monday.

Martin's legal team was granted a judicial review arising out of the 42-day ban on the horse imposed at Killarney on July 12 and upheld by the Appeals Body of the Turf Club a week ago.

Pending the outcome of the judicial review, Pyromaniac, who was the subject of a running-and-riding inquiry after a Flat race at Killarney in which he finished sixth, the ban on the horse has been lifted.

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