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Kilmaley native, Richard O’Brien, came in for lavish praise following the success of Paul Nolan’s well-fancied newcomer, Cut The Rope (5/1), in the concluding four-year-old bumper at Naas on Sunday. O’Brien is a very successful trainer based in Ballingarry, County Limerick and it was on his advice that the Nolan camp purchased Cut The Rope, before he made his racecourse debut at the Kildare track. Cork jockey Eoin O’Brien did the steering aboard the son of Sea The Stars, who jumped off in front. Turning for home the pair still held the call and, quickening smartly off what was a strong enough pace, Cut The Rope held off the late effort of Gordon Elliott’s 7/4 favourite Ankud by two lengths. The first two home look decent and it was a good sign that they pulled half-a-dozen lengths clear of third-placed Cappucino. James Nolan, representing his brother Paul, remarked: “We cannot take much of the credit for this, it must go …

LAST weekend, Gavin O’Mahony was in Cheltenham, as Kilmallock was gripped by hurling fever. JP McManus paid for a weekend break for the Limerick hurlers, taking in the autumn festival in the Cotswolds. They flew out on Friday and the Kilmallock contingent were back on Sunday morning to resume preparations. O’Mahony said it was great to have even a very short break from the Munster final build-up. “Definitely, it’s gone a bit hurling mad here. It was nice to switch off for a day or two, turn the phone off and relax.” It’s been a long year for O’Mahony who, as well as the highs of a county final victory, also experienced a Munster final defeat to Cork and another defeat against Kilkenny in Croke Park. While the break after Sunday’s game (barring a draw) will be welcome, he isn’t complaining. “There are friends of mine on the county panel who’d love to be still going and to still have …