DECLAN'S THE WINNING SORT

I'LL Sort That dug deep to provide his trainer and rider Declan Queally with a first Grade One victory in the Ballymore Novice Hurdle at Naas.

- MELISSA JONES

over in my head a hundred times in the last two weeks. | was toying with the idea of dropping him in last this morning, but | said I'd stick with the plan as when he gets to the front, he dangles his ear and waits.

The six-year-old stepped up to the highest level having won his last three starts over obstacles, completing the hat-trick with a Grade Three success in the For Auction Novice Hurdle at Navan in November.