The Wallpark gives JP McManus another big win in the Troytown

Jack Kennedy and Gordon Elliott teamed up for yet another Navan winner as The Wallpark won the BAR 1 Betting Troytown Handicap Chase.

The winner - who was tipped up by our Johnny Ward - was always moving well under Kennedy, and moved through to challenge De Capo Glory for the lead with two to jump.

However, Kinturk Kalanisi had also got there moving nicely under Harry Sexton, while He's Gorgeous was staying on powerfully. The three settled down to fight out the finish after the last but it was the 6-1 chance – one of nine runners in the race for Elliott – who secured an eighth success for the stable.

In the end, He's Gorgeous took second, with Kinturk Kalanisi third and Win Some Lose Some - another JP McManus-owned runner - back in fourth.

It was yet another big success for owner McManus who won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday afternoon with Meetmebythesea and has now won three Troytowns.

Winning rider Kennedy, who was winning the race for the first time since the same owners' Riverside City in 2015, told Racing TV: “There’s a lot of water under the bridge since then. It’s a lovely race to win. I’ve been picking the wrong ones, and not able to do the weight – luckily I was on the right one today.

“He’s not the bravest over a fence so you have to keep the revs up. I was happy when I get out of the first line of four fences without losing too much ground. He was going a tough right[handed] all the way round, but I was there too soon on him. He got there going too well!”

Elliott said: “He did (find his hurdle form), to be fair. It looked like he was (well handicapped) on his hurdle form. He has been disappointing if we are going to be honest, but at least he broke his duck in a good race.

“He has been promising that for a while. He had a good run round here one day and has been a bit hot and cold to be honest. He’s had his day in the big one.”

He went on: “That is eight Troytowns and Navan is where I want to win, in the heart of County Meath.

“We’ll have a chat with Frank (Berry), JP, and the whole team and we’ll see (if he’s an Irish National horse).

“Big thanks to the McManus’s, they have supported me through thick and thin for a long time. I have repaid them with a big handicap chase, so it is brilliant.

“Big well done to Navan today. They did a great job watering the ground and they called it exactly what it is. That is all we want as trainers. If the ground isn’t suitable, you don’t run your horse.”

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