Mansony takes victory in Leopardstown
Joint favourite Mansony hung on after the last to deny Nickname back-to-back victories in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase today at Leopardstown.
Arthur Moore’s eight-year-old was no match for The Listener last time over two-and-a-half miles but dropped back to the minimum distance and showed his class.
Nickname, running on ground that was quicker than ideal, was outpaced down the back straight and put in some sticky jumps on his first outing since March.
Martin Brassil’s charge stayed on dourly after the last however and only went down by a length to the 2-1 joint-market-leader.
Central House adopted his usual position at the head of affairs but Mansony was never far behind.
With Nickname niggled along at the rear, Moore’s gelding made an early bid for home – with Schindlers Hunt also on the premises.
Despite a tired leap at the last however, Davy Russell’s mount had enough in reserve to hold off the staying-on Nickname.
The winner was cut to 16-1 from 20s by Stan James for the Queen Mother Champion Chase, with Nickname out to 16-1 from 14s with the same firm.
