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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Jeroboam seals across-the-card treble for O'Brien

Sat 25th Sep 2021, 15:33

Jeroboam makes the best way homeJeroboam makes the best way home
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Jeroboam was an all-the-way winner of the six furlong for three-year-old plus in the Curragh.

He was very easy to back in drifting out from 11/10 to 2/1 but broke well and soon took a narrow lead from the 7/4 favourite Punakha

Jeroboam asserted a furlong and a half out and was soon ridden to go and win his race by Seamie Heffernan.

He kept up the gallop to close it out by a length and three quarters. Carlton Banks put in good late work to get up for second at 22/1. Punakha dropped half a length further back to third.

This gave Heffernan and Aidan O'Brien a double on the card after Luxembourg impressed in the Group 2 Beresford Stakes.

O'Brien had an across-the-card treble as Tenebrism took the Group One Cheveley Park under Ryan Moore.

Heffernan said: “He always showed a lot more than he was running, but maybe he was a little bit weak. He won well today.

“He has plenty of pace and plenty of ability. Maybe he’s starting to strengthen up and get it together.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

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.