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20:31 Thursday 9th February 2012

Updated: 30th July 2010

Over turns on the style

PA News

Overturn completed a remarkable double when winning the Guinness Galway Hurdle at the Ballybrit track on Thursday.

Winner of the Northumberland Plate on the Flat at Newcastle last month, the six-year-old made virtually all of the running to give Donald McCain a valuable success.

Graham Lee, whose parents live within walking distance of the track, had an armchair ride on Overturn, who scored by five and a half lengths from last year's winner Bahrain Storm, with Dirar a close-up third.

McCain said: "That was the sort of performance I was hoping for. He's improved all year and when I first bought him I was hoping he was this good, but it hadn't happened.

"I don't know what the plan is but he's still in the Ebor. I've asked him some tough questions and he's kept answering, so whether he needs a break or not I don't know, we'll see. It was always the plan to make the running and Graham says he's a machine."

Lee added: "It's a dream come true, there is no other way to put it. It's huge credit to the horse because he's won a Scottish Champion Hurdle, a Northumberland Plate and now a Galway Hurdle, so he's been on the go a while.

"My thoughts are with Jason (Maguire). Obviously the injury list for jockeys in England is large and he is on it and he would have ridden him.

"I'm not going to compare him to any other good horse I've ridden, I've won a Galway Hurdle so I'm going to enjoy this."

Pat Flynn said of Bahrain Storm: "He jumped very well but he just met a horse who was better on the day. He's won 50,000 euros for his owner so you can't complain.

"The winner looks very good, I think he could be a Grade One horse, and I think ours could be when conditions are right. It was just a bit firm for him but I'm proud of him."