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Meade taking nothing for granted as hot runs continues with Downpatrick treble
Noel Meade: had an interesting day at NaasCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)
Downpatrick bid adieu to 2020 on Friday but the rest of us have a bit to go before we can turn the page on what has been the strangest of years.
Noel Meade, however, is a man making hay in difficult times and a treble at Downpatrick continued the red-hot run of the stable.
Farceur Du Large got Meade off the mark in the 2m3f maiden hurdle before Beacon Edge proved a class apart in the featuring Randox Health Hurdle. The treble was completed when Flanking Maneuver
made his rivals look ordinary in the bumper.
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