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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Cailin Annamh and Geraghty a good team

Fri 4th Oct 2013, 16:21

Jessica Harrington, left, and Barry Geraghty, rightJessica Harrington, left, and Barry Geraghty, right
© Photo Healy Racing

Cailin Annamh brought up her hat-trick when swooping in the last 100 yards of the featured two and a half mile mares’ hurdle at Gowran Park.

The 5/2 shot came with a storming run under Barry Geraghty to collar 11/8 favourite Jennies Jewel and win going away by three parts of a length.

"She was good. She had a lot of weight and she had to give the second weight. She is tough and genuine and she just about got away with the ground as she is really a good ground filly,” handler Jessica Harrington said.

“She has had a great summer and we will see about where she goes next. She has been on the go a good while now, since before Aintree. It would be nice to get some blacktype over hurdles with her. There is a graded race in England that she might go for."

Punters seemed concerned about the five-year-old mare performing as well on the soft ground here as she was relatively friendless in the betting markets earlier today when drifting out to 11/4 from 15/8, before being sent off at 5/2. Little King Robin (12/1), who had cut out the pace, faded to third on the run-in.

This winner gave trainer Jessica Harrington a 30.5/1 Gowran Park double courtesy of Gambling Girl taking the opener at 8/1.

Barry Geraghty is now 3-3 on board Cailin Annamh. She won on her last two runs at Kilbeggan in September and August. This was her fifth career victory.

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.