Praise for Kilmaley’s O’Brien following bumper success

Richard O'Brien's new horse Cut The Rope won the concluding four-year-old bumper at Naas on Sunday. O’Brien is a successful trainer based in Ballingarry, County Limerick. The Nolan camp purchased Cut the Ropes before he made his racecourse debut at the Kildare track. Cork jockey Eoin OBrien did the steering aboard the son of Sea The Stars. CutThe Roped held off the late effort of Gordon Elliott”s 7/4 favourite Ankud by two lengths.

Danny Mullins has won three races in Naas on Sunday. He rode Champ Kiely to victory in the Lawlor's Of Naa's Novice Hurdle. Paul Townend rode Appreciate It and Hunter's Yarn to a win in a maiden hurdle. Tellmesomethingirl won the opening Mares’ Chase. Honeysuckle is unlikely to run in this year”s Cheltenham Festival. Peter Molony believes she will be retired. Henry De Bromhead had suggested that the Mare‘s Huddle at the Cotswolds Festival might be an option.

Jack Kennedy broke his leg in a fall at Naas on Sunday. He is a star pony rider and is the number one jockey in Gordon Elliott's Cullentra House operation. It's the fifth time in his short career that he has suffered such an injury. He's going to see a surgeon on Friday and Gordon hopes he'll be back for Cheltenham. The 23-year-old was in Naos on Monday to watch younger horses working.