The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap saw a game winner in the Tom McCourt trained Grantsville after she came home front under apprentice jockey Ben Curtis.
Winning trainer McCourt said afterwards: “That was badly wanted. The horses have been running well but just couldn’t get a winner so it was nice to get it.”
“I thought it might have come a bit soon since her last run at Stratford but as it turns out she didn’t get much of a race over there. When she’s right she’s very good but when she comes into season it knocks her out for about 10 days.”
“She travelled great today and looked a winner from a long ways out. A mile and a quarter is her ideal trip and hopefully she’ll win again. We schooled her over fences and if the ground stays good we might bring over fences.”
