CHARLES Byrnes of Ballingarry saddled Shoot First (22/1) to win the valuable Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle at Haydock.
It was in the young Dublin 5lb claiming jockey Alex Harvey that Byrnes entrusted his challenger for the £100,000 contest, one which was run in dreadful weather conditions.
The winner had finished fifth on his most recent outing at Galway last month after being off the track for two years.
Harvey said: “Charles is very good at placing his horses and we could see him in March (at Cheltenham) given he won there two years ago.”
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