The Other Wild dominates for O'Donnell in Clonmel feature

THE OTHER WILD completed an unbeaten run through the competition with a brilliant front-running display to land the €7,000 final of the Rural Kennels Open Unraced Stake over 525 yards at Clonmel.

Trained by Jennifer O'Donnell for the Born Wild Syndicate, the May 2023 son of Ballymac Wild and Whitings Gift flew out to a 2.77sec sectional and was soon clear whereas favourite Faypoint Ranger, bidding to give Graham Holland a sixth straight win in the event, was playing catch up after a flat-footed exit.

Up front, The Other Wild was given a good race by Holland 'second string' Brideside Bill but always looked to have his measure and so it proved.

Going through the third bend split in 16.00sec, he went on to score by a length and a half in 28.49sec with Toolmaker Joseph coming through late for third and Faypoint Ranger fading out of it on the run-in.

The consolation event went to Adam Dunford's Clonmoyle Becky in 28.84sec. The winner had dead-heated with The Other Wild in the opening round of the feature.