A local winner surfaced at Ballinrobe when Phoenix Arizona landed the 2m1f handicap chase restricted to conditional jockeys.
Ballina trainer John Cullen saddled the gelding who was winning for the first time in 13 starts.
Dingle rider Tom O’Connor steered the 9-1 chance to victory by two and a half lengths.
“That’s the first time he has run over fences for a while. I think chasing is his game and there will be another one or two in him. I am delighted for John,” O’Connor said after his fifth success of the season.
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