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It might only have been a handicap hurdle for horses rated 120 or less but you would swear Ragmans Corner was after winning the Troytown such was the rip-roaring reception he received at Navan in September.
In the space of four days he doubled the number of winners in his whole career thanks to a horse called Rock Ya Boy Ya, who is trained in Stamullen by Francis Casey. Rock Ya Boy Ya rocked up to Killarney last Sunday week as a 14-1 outsider for a handicap hurdle but he belied those odds with an emphatic success under a polished ride from Balfe. Four days later the pair teamed up again, this time at Tramore, and repeated the dose in similarly decisive style, this time justifying 7-4 favouritism by five and a half lengths.
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James is the 19-year-old son of trainer Matthew, probably best known for his exploits with 2020 Stayers' Hurdle runner-up Ronald Pump, and he has already celebrated 33 winners in the saddle. The highlight of those 33? The aforementioned Ulster National, of course.
The popular Oristown-based handler, widely regarded as one of the gentlemen of the racing game, was celebrating again at Listowel last week when Sunriseontheboyne landed a mile handicap at the famous Harvest Festival in County Kerry.
"It means more now," he replied. "I love the game more now than I ever did. You can't compare that feeling of having a winner with anything else. It's magic."
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