The Grade One winner I’ll Sort That once changed hands for only €3,500 and that’s added to Declan Queally finding himself filling a plucky underdog role in the media build-up to Cheltenham. Ultimately, such a position only underlines how much the festival is dominated by the big guns. Although Declan Queally snr is the licence holder at their Co Waterford yard, it is his son of the same name who’s become the driving force of an operation going places in a hurry, and in just a few years sits almost inside the top 10 of Ireland’s trainers’ championship. There have been 24 winners and €373,000 in prize money at home this season, leaving high-profile names such as Charles Byrnes and Paul Nolan...
