18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Wagering and T&Cs apply | Play Responsibly | Advertising Disclosure
icon
Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Saincheann impressive on reappearance

Sun 28th Apr 2013, 17:38

An Saincheann is well clear of her rivals in the fillies maiden An Saincheann is well clear of her rivals in the fillies maiden
© Photo Healy Racing

Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning took the opener at Gowran Park with wide-margin winner Tobann and they repeated the dose in the extended nine-furlong fillies maiden as An Saincheann scored in equally emphatic fashion.

The Dylan Thomas filly was sent on by Manning approaching the straight, and she put the race to bed when asserting well over a furlong out.

The easy-to-back 9/4 chance was driven out to record a 13 lengths victory over 4/5 favourite Sharp Crisp Air with Lady Giselle (9/1) another two and three quarter lengths adrift in third.

Bolger said, “She’s a good mare and will go the black-type route. I think there’s some races now for four-year-olds and we’ll look at those. Hopefully she’ll go on from that. She was a big, backward filly and was just a late developer.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.