Ceroc (IRE) wins Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse

Ceroc (IRE) took the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse on Tuesday, digging deep under Eoin Staples to beat Urbs Intacta Manet by a head as the 11/4 favourite. Ceroc raced prominently throughout for owner Kay Russell and, though he tended to jump left at his obstacles, held on determinedly up the home straight to land the €14,000 contest. The success is the yard's 71st of the year and gets November off the mark at a track that has already supplied a Grade 1 this season through Fleur In The Park in April. Staples said: “when Ceroc is upsides he tends to go left but when he is on his own, he seems straight enough. He idled when he got to the front going down to the second-last and I was probably in front plenty soon. He stays well but when I got there he had a right look. “I missed the last a small bit but he got going quick enough after it and he was tough. He ground it out well when the second horse came to him.”