Hidden Land is clear© Photo Healy Racing
Andrew Kinirons' horses have really clicked of late and he sent out his fourth winner within the last four weeks when good servant Hidden Land made all in the Grant Thornton handicap.
Luke McAteer is very adept at front-running tactics and made all on Peter Byrne's dual-purpose seven-year-old who was adding a second Flat win to two over hurdles.
Some of the jockeys in behind were still sitting quietly coming down the hill towards the elbow but, once the field got around that, it was clear that they had given McAteer too much rope on the front end and his mount stayed on well to beat Futurum Regem by four and a-half lengths.
Kinirons said: "Luke gave her a brilliant ride, he knows her very well.
"We gave her a bit of a break over the summer and she came back fresh.
"Peter, the owner, is here for the day - he is based in Liverpool and is actually originally a local man.
"We just kept it simple on her. She was down to her last winning mark on the Flat.
"My horses are in great order, thank God, and long may it last.
"She is a real honest mare and is a black-type mare over hurdles. In the spring, she ran well but the others just weren't 100 per cent. We gave her a bit of time and are delighted with her.
"She's in again at Tramore, I was tempted when she was that well. We had a few winners recently and one winner got 15lb. In the 45-65 grade she is well in. We'll see how she is, but we might go to Tramore.
"She's a fun mare and I think we haven't seen the best of her.
"She might go to Gowran at the end of the month for a mares' Listed hurdle, she is rated 123 over hurdles and hasn't run over hurdles in a while.
"She got a bad fall over fences when she was probably going to win last year in Sligo and it kind of set her back. It took us a while to get her right, but she is in good nick now."
Quotes from Michael Graham
