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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Modem gets the job done under Power

Sun 13th Sep 2015, 15:18

Modem (nearest) and Aminabad jump the last together Modem (nearest) and Aminabad jump the last together
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Modem justified odds-on favouritism in the Kerrymaid Hurdle scoring under Robbie Power for Jessica Harrington and owner Turlough Blessing.

The five-year-old son of Motivator was sent off the 9/10 favourite and he was settled in second.

He dropped to third after four out but regained second approaching the straight and came with his challenge before two out.

He was ridden before the last and hit the front shortly after that flight, keeping on well from there to score by half a length. Cardinal Palace (6/1) came through to take second under David Casey for James Nash while the front running Aminabad was a further two and three parts of a length back in third.

Aminabad was still disputing the lead when he made a mistake at the last.

Robbie Power said afterwards: "He was entitled to win on ratings as he was getting four pounds from Aminabad.

"He jumped super and travelled great today and while he got there too soon at Killarney, I had to wait until between the last two to hit the front today."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.