Hang on Declan!

Moynalty jockey Declan McDonogh showed some more champion style at Listowel yesterday after he was, quite literally, left hanging on in front. The drama started when McDonogh went for his race over a furlong from home on board the Kevin Prendergast-trained La Mere Germaine in the first race on the card, a fillies maiden. La Mere Germaine hit the front over a furlong from home and stuck on well to make a winning debut, but McDonogh lost a stirrup iron when the leather broke. The tack had started to come loose and the leather went close home, but McDonogh held on for a remarkable victory with the Basil Brindley-owned three-year-old which was having its first run on the track.