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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

O'Brien breezes to quick double on Wind

Wed 25th Jul 2018, 18:33

North Wind comes home a clear winner under Donnacha O'BrienNorth Wind comes home a clear winner under Donnacha O'Brien
© Photo Healy Racing

After taking the opener on Focus Of Attention Donnacha O'Brien quickly doubled-up on North Wind in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

Trained by Aidan O'Brien, this son of No Never Nay was last seen setting the pace in the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket.

Back in maiden company this evening he was expected to get off the mark, going to post the clear 4/9 favourite.

Sent straight to the front, the bay victor made all. He was pushed along and soon went clear from over a furlong out, keeping on well under pressure inside the final furlong, going on to score by three lengths. Dragons Call (14/1) kept on to take second under Shane Foley for Johnny Feane, while the Darren Bunyan trained newcomer Pass The Vino (14/1) was a short head away in third.

"He was rated like he should win a maiden and he did thank God. I think he might be progressing," said the winning rider.

"He gave me a nice feel and hopefully he's going the right way. I thought he was more of a five furlong horse but he seemed to get the six well today and we'll see where he goes now."

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
4/9Fav
Tote €1.30 €1.10
2nd
3L
14/1
€2.40
3rd
shd
14/1
€2.40
4th
1L
5/1
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.