Super sub Loughran stars in Galway
02/08/2006 - 16:12:57Roger Loughran deputised for the injured Tony McCoy to win the William Hill Galway Plate on Far From Trouble.
With McCoy sidelined after breaking his wrist following a fall in the second race, Louhgran made the most of his opportunity aboard Christy Roche’s charge.
He only took up the running on the JP McManus-owned gelding after the last and won by three and a half lengths.
The 8-1 shot was chased home by the 4-1 favourite Ansar, who made a brave attempt under top weight to win the feature of the Galway Festival for a third successive year.
Dix Villez, who made most of the running, was third with the McManus-owned Ursumman fourth.
British raider Ball O Malt, trained by Richard Fahey, unshipped Anthony Ross at the fifth-last fence.
