'He could go to Galway' - Upping The Anti initiates De Bromhead double

Sunday: Tipperary

Henry de Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore have left many a venue with a double, but rarely have they managed to win two races by an aggregate of 107 lengths. However, that was the case on a somewhat odd all-chase card.

Getting the ball rolling was the Alan Halsall-owned Upping The Anti who drew clear from the third last to land the rated novice chase by 32 lengths, and there is a possibility he could go to the Galway festival.

"He's enjoying his jumping and he's going forward," said De Bromhead. "He could go to Galway. He jumps really well and there is a good novice chase there. It would be a quick turnaround but we'll see."

The double was completed by the victory of the Cloud Nine Syndicate's Cornerkova, whose margin of victory in the 2m3½f handicap chase which followed was a mere 75 lengths.

That was a little flattering, however, as the daughter of Sholokhov was still being pressed at the final fence by the front-running Fest Deiz before he took a tired-looking fall.

Water water everywhere

With baking hot temperatures forecast the management at Tipperary watered heavily.

They perhaps overdid it a little as the decision was made to change the ground from good to yielding to yielding after the first race and there were some wide-margin distances between horses during the afternoon. But most people seemed to accept it was a no-win situation.

The sight of riders coming back in with mud-spattered silks and faces was more akin to Limerick in the depths of winter than anywhere else on the hottest day of the year, but clerk of the course Paddy Graffin said he received no complaints about the ground and only two horses were withdrawn due to it.

Graffin was also keen to point out that any watering was in response to the forecast weather. One rider commented: "If they didn't water, it would have been like the road."

After the victory of Upping The Anti, a winner on heavy ground earlier in the year, trainer Henry de Bromhead commented: "They're trying to do their job and maybe the sun was not as baking as was forecast. The only thing worse than over-watering is very quick ground. It's certainly very safe ground."

Ups and downs

It was feared the season's leading rider Jack Kennedy had suffered a serious ankle injury when his mount Fancy Foundations fell in the 2m31/2f handicap chase, but the prognosis became less severe.

"His right ankle is very tender. He will go to see Paddy Kenny in the morning and we hope it's just bruising," said Turf Club medical officer Adrian McGoldrick.

Less fortunate was rider John Shinnick who suffered a suspected broken collarbone after his mount Mica Malpic fell in the 2m7f opportunity handicap chase.

It was a better day for riders Harry Swan and Cian Quirke. Their winning mounts Mind Your Money and Fly De Megaudais were their first winners over fences.

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