The point-to-point bumper at Fairyhouse had the look of a two-horse race on paper and that is how it played on the track as Jeroboam Machin and D B Cooper pulled clear of their rivals.
It was D B Cooper who was sent off at the top of the market and he was a warm odds-on favourite to provide his trainer Gordon Elliott with a double on the card as he had earlier enjoyed success with fellow pointing recruit Better Days Ahead.
D B Cooper had started his career on a winning note with a Ballyknock success for Sean Doyle in April, but was another first-time-out four-year-old maiden winner that had his measure.
Jeroboam Machin travelled well into the final two furlongs under Patrick Mullins, and once striking the front with a furlong and a half to race, he had the measure of the Harry Swan-ridden favourite to remain unbeaten by four and a quarter lengths.
Dual point winner Raceview Road was a further ten lengths adrift in third for the in-form Ger Quinn and Philip McBurney outfit.
Winning trainer Emmet Mullins indicated that he would likely send the successful French bred son of Joshua Tree for a maiden hurdle over Christmas having been recommended the chestnut by Cormac Doyle after he had won a four-year-old auction maiden at Durrow in March.
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— FairyhouseRacecourse (@Fairyhouse) November 24, 2023
Is First Past The Post In The Bumper To Conclude This Afternoon’s Racing!
Stylishly Ridden By Patrick Mullins For Emmet Mullins & Paul Byrne pic.twitter.com/2pjYvzp5IV
