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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Gamble landed as Exogenesis scores

Wed 12th Jun 2013, 18:24

Exogenesis on his way to victory under Gary CarrollExogenesis on his way to victory under Gary Carroll
© Photo Healy Racing

The Ger Lyons trained Exogenesis landed a gamble when taking the opener at Fairyhouse this evening, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden.

The son of Dark Angel was 8/1 this morning with Paddy Powers, opening on-course at 6s before being backed all the way into 3/1 joint favouritism at the off.

He finished last of seven on his debut at Leopardstown in April behind Focus On Venice and he was settled in mid-division in the early stages today under Gary Carroll.

He was ridden in sixth a furlong and a half from home, moving into third a furlong out, before soon hitting the front and keeping on strongly from there to record a comfortable three and a quarter length success.

The Johnny Murtagh trained newcomer, Pillow finished second under Niall McCullagh at 14/1 while Focussed was half a length back in third at 4/1 under Kevin Manning for Brendan Duke. Ealain Aibrean was sent off the other 3/1 joint favourite, but she could only manage a disappointing eighth under Pat Smullen for Dermot Weld.

Ger Lyons said of his Sean Jones owned winner; "He has been gelded since his first run, when he was very green and he is a nice horse.

"I haven’t had too many two-year-old runners so far and hopefully our patience with them will pay off."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
3/1JFav
Tote €5.80 €2.50
2nd
3.25L
14/1
€5.10
3rd
0.5L
4/1
€1.50
4th
0.5L
7/1
bf
2.5L
3/1JFav
About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.