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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Well-bred Elizabethan scores easily under Heffernan

Sun 18th Oct 2020, 14:38

Elizabethan and Seamie Heffernan Elizabethan and Seamie Heffernan
© Photo Healy Racing

Elizabethan (10/3) comfortably won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden, being eased close home to beat Elanora (15/2) by a length and a quarter.

Seamie Heffernan brought the War Front filly to race towards the stands’ side and she raced pretty much on her own in the last couple of furlongs.

She was well on top inside the final furlong and won with plenty to spare. Colfer Kay (7/2) was a further three lengths away in third.

The winner had been third over course and distance last month and was getting off the mark at the fourth attempt. Aidan O’Brien’s filly is a full-sister to Group 1 winners Roly Poly and U S Navy Flag.

“She had some lovely runs and is progressing slowly,” said Heffernan.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
10/3
Tote €4.60 €1.60
2nd
1.25L
15/2
€1.90
3rd
3L
7/2
€1.80
4th
0.75L
17/2
bf
1.5L
9/4Fav
About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.