Goggin & Brickley share trebles at Ballingurteen

WEST CORK, Ireland – Deirdre Goggin and David Brickley shared the riding honors each with three winners up on the irons at a very wet Ballingurteen Road Trotting races on Sunday.

 

The ongoing battle for supremacy in the top Grade Pace continues with heavyweights Dream Maker and Conway Tiger serving up yet another titanic battle in the finale to send those who braved the elements home happy.

 

Conway Tiger with Goggin in the plate set her usual fast pace but was never more than a length away from their arch rival Dream Maker the order remained the same at each of the three turns .Facing into the final two furlongs it looked as if Conway Tiger had done enough but like in the previous meeting in Drimoleague Dream Maker rallied late to get up in the shadow of the post to win by a length.

 

Both will resume their war of attrition at the Big memorial Day in Skibbereen in two weeks time.

 

Goggin had earlier ridden a treble .

 

Newcomer Hillside Mustang upset the odds in the opening Novice pace .This son of Harmony P bred by Hillside Farms in Leap edged out Lakeview Romeo in a driving finish with race favourite Big Jim only third.

 

Owner of Hillside Farms Pete Hill saw another one of his homebreds Hillside Dartanian score in the Grade E .This was a popular success for owner Curry O Sullivan who purchased the six year old at the end of last season and gave Goggin the third leg of her treble.

 

Rhyds Ponder was the most impressive winner of the day and was the easiest of Goggins three wins .Sent to the front early favorite backers were counting their winnings long before the end of the mile and a half contest.

 

Maithi Buachaill followed up on his Drimoleague win with another top drawer performance in the Grade B .

David Brickley sent the winner to the front at the opening turn and never looked in danger of defeat and had four lengths to spare over Rhyds Trixter who had a torrid time at the second turn and if he were to improve on his turns could trouble the winner.

 

Meadowbranch Kiki gave Brickley his third winner in the ultra competitive Grade D where race favorite Tactician Du Lys only got into the race late on and was never catching the winner.

 

 

 

NOVICE (Donal McCarthy Memorial Cup )

1. P Hill HILLSIDE MUSTANG Deirdre Goggin

2. M Kelleher LAKEVIEW ROMEO Marie Moloney

3. G Kane BIG JIM T O Leary

DIST NK 10l SP 3/1 2/1 4/6 3 Ran

 

GRADE C (William O Donovan Memorial Cup)

1.N Forbes RHYDS PONDER Deirdre Goggin

2. D McCarthy MEADOWLAND TOM A McCarthy

3. C Caverly EASTER LILY D Brickley

DIST 20l 5l SP 4/9 4/1 4/1 5 Ran

 

GRADE B ((Sean McCarthy Memorial Cup)

1. P Kane MAITHI BUACHILL David Brickley

2. Deasy/Hurley/Keohane RHYDS TRIXTER J O Reilly

3. D McCarthy SKY SECURITY A McCarthy

DIST 4l DIST SP 1/2 3/1 5/1 4 Ran

 

GRADE E (Denis Dullea Memorial Cup)

1. C O Sullivan HILLSIDE DARTANIAN Deirdre Goggin

2. A & S Buckley IB RAPIDO T O Leary

3. H Bennett WELLFIELD DAMIAN Marie Moloney

DIST 1l 8l SP 2/1 EV 5/1 6 Ran

 

GRADE D (Jerimiah Keohane Cup)

1. Shanahan / Brickley MEADOWBRANCH KIKI David Brickley

2. G Kane Tactian DU LYS T O'Leary

3. R Joyce COALFORD SHARP CAT M O'Reilly

DIST 3L 2L SP 5/2 5/4 4/1 8 Ran

 

GRADE A (Paddy Keohane Memorial Cup)

1. Shanahan/Mycock DREAM MAKER David Brickley

2. D Goggin CONWAY TIGER D Goggin

3. N Forbes MOUNTAIN DEW LAD T O'Leary

DIST 1L 10L SP 4/6 2/1 4/1