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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Einsteins Folly dominates his rivals

Tue 21st Aug 2012, 14:25

Einsteins Folly approaches the winning post at Gowran ParkEinsteins Folly approaches the winning post at Gowran Park
© Photo Healy Racing

Einsteins Folly made light of being top weight in the seven furlong nursery when dominating the race under Ronan Whelan for trainer Jim Bolger.

With Whelan’s five-pound claim factored in he carried 9-6 today and was giving lumps of weight to four of his five rivals. Horizon Sky was in receipt of one pound.

Einsteins Folly (5/2) was always in the front rank and after burning off fellow front-runner Lake Louise Whelan kept him up to his work to win by two and a quarter lengths.

Punters at the track came for Horizon Sky, trained by David Wachman. He was backed in from 3/1 to 9/4 favourite. He kept on in the final furlong without threatening the winner.

“That’s his ninth run and he’s been mixing it in good nurseries. Today’s race probably wasn’t as good,” Ger Flynn, travelling head lad to Jim Bolger, said.

“He had a hefty weight of 9-10 in those nurseries, but we took five pounds off with Ronan and it seemed to do the trick.

“He’s a fine big horse and Ronan said he did it easy enough in the end.”

Prior to today Jim Bolger had 139 runners on the flat at Gowran and 21 winners since 2008 for a level-stake profit of 18.40 euro. Again he proved to be a trainer worth following here.

(on course 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.