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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Wicklow shows his class at Listowel

Sun 31st May 2015, 18:09

Wicklow Brave comes home an easy winner under Patrick MullinsWicklow Brave comes home an easy winner under Patrick Mullins
© Photo Healy Racing

Wicklow Brave outclassed his four rivals in the last at Listowel, the Bryan McMahon (Q.R) Race, scoring easily under Patrick Mullins for his father Willie (completing an across the card double after Daisy's Gift won at Listowel).

The six-year-old son of Beat Hollow won the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March and he followed-up on the level at Gowran earlier this month.

Sent off the 1/5 favourite today he was settled on the rail behind the leaders. He improved into second with three furlongs to race and cruised to the front over a furlong out, going on from there to win by five and a half lengths. Cardinal Palace finished second under Katie Walsh for James Nash at 6/1.

Patrick Mullins said afterwards: "He did it very easy and did what we expected.

"His pedigree suggests he'd be a high quality flat horse and if I had my way he run in the GPT (amateur handicap) at Galway but Dad might have bigger plans!

"I imagine he might run at Royal Ascot instead but will need to have three flat runs to run in one of the handicaps."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

1st
1/5Fav
Tote €1.20 €1.02
2nd
5.5L
6/1
€1.90
3rd
11L
25/1
4th
0.5L
12/1
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.