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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Fleetfoot knows where the winning post is

Wed 5th Apr 2023, 17:07

Fleetfoot, near side, just gets the better of Farnborough Fleetfoot, near side, just gets the better of Farnborough
© Photo Healy Racing

Fleetfoot rewarded favourite backers on a busy student race day at Leopardstown when just shading Farnborough in race five.

Farnborough took over from Tipsy Scholar entering the straight, but was soon swamped by Sharlouk. Farnborough, to his credit, rallied to regain the lead on the run to the final furlong.

He was strongly pressed in the closing stages by 7/4f Fleetfoot, and joined in the final strides, before Fleetfoot dropped his head on the line to win by a short head under Rory Cleary.

Aidan O'Brien 's runner-up Farnborough went off at 3/1 and his stablemate, Canute was three lengths further back in third at 9/2.

“His form was good last year. He usually only got mugged by a very good horse and he's a better three-year-old than he was a two-year-old,” said Jim Bolger.

“Hopefully he'll be back here in September!

“He handled it well and I'd say he'll go on any ground. I'd say he'll go all the way trip wise.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
7/4Fav
Tote €2.75 €1.10
2nd
shd
3/1
€1.30
3rd
3L
9/2
€2.00
4th
2.5L
8/1
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.