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Gordon Elliott and Mouse Morris train the main winners of the day at Gowran Park Coko Beach won the Thyestes Chase with Sams Profile winning the Galmoy Hurdle. By Press Association Thursday 28 Jan 2021, 4:03 PM Jan 28th 2021, 4:03 PM 1,788 Views 2 Comments Jockey Phillip Enright won on board Sams Profile. Image: Caroline Norris/INPHO Image: Caroline Norris/INPHO COKO BEACH LED home a one-two for Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House Stud in the Goffs Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park today. Elliott and Gigginstown had previously teamed up to win the prestigious handicap with Monbeg Notorious in 2018 and were well represented once more, with Coko Beach one of four runners for the combination, while Gigginstown had seven representatives overall. ....
UPDATED 7:42PM, JAN 28 2021 Coko Beach was the youngest horse in the field, the sole six-year-old to turn up, but he showed no respect for his elders whatsoever as he tore apart what is traditionally one of the toughest handicaps of the entire season. The last six-year-old to win the Thyestes was Djakadam in 2015 and he went on to chase home Coneygree in the Cheltenham Gold Cup two months later. Gordon Elliott is not setting his sights quite so high for his grey, but suggested the National Hunt Chase would be on Coko Beach s agenda now, and Paddy Power have chopped him into 14-1 from 33-1 for it. Ladbrokes go 16-1. ....