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Brown makes breakthrough

Mona Brown holds off La Belle Maison Mona Brown holds off La Belle Maison
© Photo Healy Racing

Mona Brown gained an overdue win when claiming the second division of the mile maiden at Dundalk.

Kevin Manning tracked front-runner Rock Magic throughout before hitting the lead with under two furlongs to run.

The Jim Bolger-trained filly got a strong drive as she stuck on well to repel the final furlong challenge of La Belle Maison by half a length.

The winner was sent off 3/1 favourite in an open looking contest having opened up 5/2.

It was a deserved victory for the Dylan Thomas filly, who had been placed in four of her six previous outings.

"She stuck at it well. She'e been running in good races and has been knocking on the door," said Manning.

The winner was wearing a hood and tongue-tie for the first time and travelling head lad Ger Flynn added:- "She works well at home in the hood."

The gamble of the race was Hanamizuki who had been 14/1 this morning and was punted from 10/1 into 5/1 on course. The Takashi Kodama-trained debutante finished fourth.

(Additional reporting by Michael Graham)

1st
3/1Fav
Tote €2.80 €1.70
2nd
0.5L
16/1
€4.70
3rd
2.25L
7/2
€2.50
4th
0.5L
5/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.