Sunrise Angel opens his account at Cork

Sunrise Angel (5/1 co-fav) opened the yard's account with a smart success in the Book Tickets Online Apprentice Handicap at Cork, completing a 1-3 for the yard as he scored by three and a half lengths under Jimmy Dalton. After nine starts as a maiden, the son of Calyx capitalised on a career-low mark of 55 and showed signs of a return to his two-year-old form, always handy and pouncing over a furlong out to take the initiative before running on well inside the final furlong. Cause I Like You (8/1) was second with Sayonara (11/1) back in third. Andy said: "I thought this horse would be rated a lot higher by now. He was disappointing and was hanging in his races. Thanks to (vet) Ger Kelly he spotted a thing with kissing spines after his last run. We had him treated for it and it seems to have made a difference. He didn't hang today and did everything right. He had a good run when he was beaten a neck in a Curragh nursery last year and he was working like one of our best two-year-olds in the autumn. He came here on his first run this year and ran badly. We brought him over the Ger and he found the problem. I thought he'd be a horse in the mid 70s, at least, by now. Hopefully there is more to come. It's only three weeks since he was done and he should improve a bit from the run. We didn't do a lot with him since." (Quotes from Gary Carson)