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Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Midterm Break lands valuable sales race

Sun 14th Sep 2014, 18:40

Midterm Break (No. 2) just holds on for Graham GibbonsMidterm Break (No. 2) just holds on for Graham Gibbons
© Photo Healy Racing

Midterm Break caused a 16/1 surprise when taking the €200,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes at the Curragh.

Successful earlier this year at Southwell and Beverley, he failed to make much impact behind Tiggy Wiggy in a similar event at Newbury in July.

Trained in Yorkshire by David Barron and ridden by Graham Gibbons, the son of Intense Focus was never far from the pace here.

The €32,000 purchase kept on gamely inside the final furlong to hold off Explosive Lady by half a length, with 7/2 favourite Realtra just a short-head further back in third.

Gibbons said, “He took me into a nice position and picked up nicely. That’s definitely one of the biggest wins of my career!”

1st
16/1
Tote €23.10 €6.40
2nd
0.5L
4/1
€2.40
3rd
shd
7/2Fav
€2.10
4th
0.5L
7/1
About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.