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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Minorette doubles up for Ballydoyle

Wed 10th Jul 2013, 19:01

Minorette makes winning debutMinorette makes winning debut
© Photo Healy Racing

It was a quick double for Ballydoyle in the two-year-old fillies maiden at Naas as Minorette made a winning debut.

The American-bred daughter of Smart Strike raced on the outer as the field spread out in the six furlong contest.

She contested the lead with front-runner Touch Of Snow from the two pole and was asked to quicken into the lead over a furlong from home.

Despite running a touch greenly she kept on in the closing stages, under Joseph O'Brien, to post a length-and-three-quarter winning margin.

“She's a nice filly. Joseph felt she loved the ground and she'd appreciate going seven furlongs,” said Aidan O'Brien.

Minorette had been backed from 11/8 into 10/11 before racing but was easier to back on track and returned 5/4 favourite.

The winner is a half-sister to former Ballydoyle in-mate Master Of Hounds, who went on to score in Group One company in Dubai for Mike De Kock.

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
5/4Fav
Tote €1.90 €1.10
2nd
1.75L
10/3
€1.10
3rd
0.75L
16/1
4th
2.75L
11/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.