Bookies clean up at Clonmel

Kingsmill Dynamo, trained in the south of Wexford by Aidan Roche, raced to a decisive victory over Colina Damask in the final of the Boylesports Derby at Powerstown Park. The festival probably suffered it's worth weather for a long time. At times the slippers hut was not visiable!

Kingsmill Dynamo took on Galway giant-killer Colina Damask in the deciding buckle, but this proved an anti-climax when the Dynamo took control from the slips and led up by no less than five lengths.

Throughout the Boylesports Derby there were a succession of shocks. Three of the four-strong Matthews team made their exits at this stage and were joined on the sidelines by their kennelmate Wallace Green on Tuesday afternoon. Coolcastle Point took over as favourite after the third round, only to be withdrawn before the quarters.
He was replaced by King Saunders at the head of the market, but he in turn was upstaged by Colina Damask. Shocks were also a feature in the Hotel Minella Oaks and this classic ended with Fortuna, trained by Charlie Faul for Brigid Frank, upsetting the odds laid on Whimsical Lady when holding on by half a length from a short slip.

I selected five against the field in both competitions yet the furthest one went was the Quarter Final. I imagine there are some pretty rich bookies come the end of the week.