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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Lady Ultra tops off Lavery's weekend

Sun 15th Sep 2013, 17:36

Lady Ultra and Rory Cleary heading for home at the CurraghLady Ultra and Rory Cleary heading for home at the Curragh
© Photo Healy Racing

A valuable nursery at the Curragh isn’t a bad race to have your first training success in, and that’s exactly what Sheila Lavery did with Lady Ultra (9/4).

The filly, sporting a hood, made all over six furlongs with Rory Cleary in the plate and was never headed in coming home three and a half lengths clear of Candy Apples (5/2). Fly To The Moon was all the rage with punters, as she was 3/1 this morning and 7/4 on opening show before being returned at 5/4 favourite. She didn’t get competitive in third, a short head out of second.

Sheila Lavery said: “That caps off a fantastic weekend [owns Viztoria who was trained by Eddie Lynam to win the Group 2 Park Stakes at the Curragh yesterday].

“She’s always shown speed, but was just a bit hot. Will Hayes has done a great job in the stalls with her.

“We have lots of the family. I mustn’t be good at selling as like Viztoria she went to the sales and didn’t sell. We may look at a campaign at Dundalk as she likes top of the ground.”

Lavery trains in Summerhill, Co Meath.

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.