Wexford winners for Cork jockeys

Chisholm Trail and Paul Townend jump the last when winning the Kullens Kitchens Thomastown Mares Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park. (Photo: Patrick McCann)

Cork jockeys Paul Townend and Jonathan Burke were among the winners at Wexford on Wednesday last.

Former champion Townend bagged two early winners the first of which is trained by Willie Mullins.

Exchange Rate made a winning start to his jumping career when landing the opening novice hurdle, the 8/11 favourite squeezing through on the inside of Commander Won to win cosily.

Townend was certainly a popular man when he took the handicap hurdle over two miles on the Anthony McCann-trained Konig Hall which was backed from 6/1 to 9/2 favourite.

Cloyne trainer Denise O’Shea teamed up with Burke to take the handicap chase on 20/1 shot Kilganer Queen which beat the Townend-ridden Fintara in convincing fashion.