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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Lethal an easy winner of the Naas opener

Mon 18th Jun 2018, 18:06

Connections of Lethal Promise - Willie McCreery, Billy Lee & members of the Irish National Stud Breeding & Racing ClubConnections of Lethal Promise - Willie McCreery, Billy Lee & members of the Irish National Stud Breeding & Racing Club
© Photo Healy Racing

Lethal Promise was an easy winner of the opener at Naas this evening, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

Second on her first two starts, the Willie McCreery trained bay was expected to go one place better today, and went off the 4/11 favourite in the colours of the Irish National Stud Breeding & Racing Club.

Settled in second by Billy Lee, the daughter of Invincible Spirit, cruised through to lead over a furlong out and soon went clear, going on to score easily by six and a half lengths.

The front-running Fantasy (6/1) finished second under Seamie Heffernan for Aidan O'Brien, while newcomer Third Of March (25/1) ran on well to take third, another length and a quarter back.

"She's after learning so much from the two runs. She's a lovely filly and she's maturing," said McCreery.

"I think she went up 6kg in the last three weeks which you'd love and I just love her attitude as well.

"The hood is just helping her but she's learning all the time.

"We'll look at the race in Tipperary (Listed Tipperary Stakes - 5th July) or the Group 3 fillies race on Derby weekend at the Curragh (Grangecon Stud Stakes - 1st July).

"She's growing and she's really a filly for next year so we won't be too hard on her. She has loads of pace."

The winner is a full-sister to Promising who won last time out at Wolverhampton, and is entered to run in Newmarket on Friday.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
4/11Fav
Tote €1.20 €1.02
2nd
6.5L
6/1
€1.40
3rd
1.25L
25/1
€6.10
4th
4.5L
8/1
About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.