For a trainer with such a notable strike-rate, it was hardly surprising that Paddy Twomey struck with his first runner of the new season. He landed the 14-furlong conditions’ race at Navan on Wednesday with the smart French Claim which had little difficul.
David Marnane narrowly lost out in the opening division of the six-furlong handicap at Dundalk on Wednesday, but the Bansha trainer bounced back to win the second leg of the same race just thirty minutes later.
Only Joseph O Brien, with 110, has trained more winners at Dundalk than Ado McGuinness in the last five years and he took his five-year tally to 76 with a doubl.