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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

New Kid In Town enjoys better ground

Tue 10th Jun 2014, 21:23

New Kid In Town fends off Liss Ui RiainNew Kid In Town fends off Liss Ui Riain
© Photo Healy Racing

New Kid In Town gave Willie and Patrick Mullins a victory in the concluding bumper at Roscommon.

The five-year-old was sent off 9/4 second favourite to oblige, with John Kiely’s Liss Ui Riain fancied by many to step up on the promise shown on her debut third in Killarney. She was the 2/1 jolly.

Derek O’Connor was up on Liss Ui Riain and she raced in rear before moving closer on the home turn. New Kid In Town was travelling powerfully at the head of proceedings, but Liss Ui Riain tracked him and made a battle of it during the final furlong. She couldn’t quite reel in the leader and was beaten two and a quarter lengths at the finish.

That’s Nice lived up to his name when running an eyecatching race in third at 50/1 for Michael Hourigan.

“He’s a good ground horse. He could go for a two mile three winners’ bumper in Cork then he might go for a maiden hurdle at Galway. He ran badly in his point-to-points because of heavy ground,” Patrick Mullins said.

“The girl in the yard, Anna Paletti, has done a lot of work on his back and it seems to have worked well. He’s for sale.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

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.