Gilligan delighted to make Wetherby raid pay dividends
Family affair for trainer with son Jack aboard in West Yorkshire.
Irish challenger Born By The Sea made a successful raid on Wetherby with victory in the Sixt Car Hire Intermediate Chase. Trained by Galway-based Paul Gilligan, the six-year-old was the outsider of three runners at 7-1, with little to choose between 11-10 favourite Geordie B and 6-5 shot The Mulcair at the top of the market. With several jumping errors leading to a disappointing display from Geordie B, it turned into a straight fight between Born To Sea and The Mulcair – and it was the former who prevailed by three-quarters of a length in the hands of the trainer’s son, Jack.The outsider of the three Born By The Sea causes a surprise to win the @SixtUK Car Hire Intermediate Chase for Paul and Jack Gilligan 👏 pic.twitter.com/Ajz6CQFsPK
— Wetherby Racecourse (@WetherbyRaces) November 25, 2020
“It was a great ride from Jack, he did everything asked of him. He won it nicely,” the trainer said of the performance, which was the jockey’s first winner on English turf. “Jack’s my son, so that adds to it,” he continued. “It’s even better when it’s your own lad riding, it’s just fantastic. He’s a better horse fresh, so it’s possible we’ll wait now and enter him in a good race at Leopardstown over Christmas.” Sue Smith’s Joke Dancer emerged victorious in a photo finish to claim the Watch The Jumps In HD On RacingTV Handicap Chase.
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