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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Enter The Red brings up double for Hayes

Fri 30th Jun 2017, 19:14

Enter The Red, blinkers, fends them off in the Curragh Enter The Red, blinkers, fends them off in the Curragh
© Photo Healy Racing

Enter The Red gave jockey Chris Hayes a double on the opening evening of the Derby Festival at the Curragh.

The eight-year-old gelding tracked clear leader St Brelades Bay in second and was shaken up to close inside the final quarter of a mile.

Hayes rode him into the lead in the final furlong and kept him up to his work to win by three parts of a length at 9/1. Sahreej came home second at 12/1, a short head in front of Ma Fee Heela (6/1).

Trainer Aidan Howard said: “I was hopeful coming here tonight as he ran very well the last day. We freshened him up and the extra furlong seemed to help. He seems a better horse this year and he’s better at the Curragh. Hopefully he’ll come back here in a fortnight.”

Hayes took the previous race on board Casla

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
9/1
Tote €9.40 €3.10
2nd
0.75L
12/1
€4.20
3rd
shd
6/1Fav
€2.00
4th
0.5L
14/1
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.