Double for Hogan in Galway

Scotcantou (Calum Hogan) winning the Connollyโ€™s Red Mills EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle at Galway. Photo: Patrick McCann.

RATHKEALEโ€™S Calum Hogan landed his first double when riding winners for trainers Eoin McCarthy (Athea) and Eric McNamara (Rathkeale) at Galway at the weekend.

He partnered McCarthyโ€™s four-year-old Scotcantou to a last-gasp win in the two-mile auction maiden hurdle.

Owned by John Moylan, the 14/1 chance didnโ€™t get the clearest of runs after the second-last hurdle, but he finished with a flourish and led in the final strides to deny Henry de Bromheadโ€™s 3/1 shot Downmexicoway by a head.

It was far easier for the 18-year-old conditional jockey in the three-mile handicap hurdle which he won on the McNamara-trained 9/2 favourite Meehall.

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The eight-year-old led at the second-last hurdle and went clear to win by three and three-parts of a length from the Harry Kelly-trained 22/1 chance Walk In Time.

The double brought Hoganโ€™s overall tally to seven winners.

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