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Strong Contender (IRE)
5yo gr f 10th May 2021
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Strong Contender (IRE) gr f 10th May 2021
Breeder
Stephen Lanigan O'Keeffe
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Jul 2024
July Store Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Hobby Horse Stud
Purchaser: Michael Hogan
€10,000
Lots Sold: 264
Prices
Avg: €9,040
Median: €6,500
Maximum: €65,000
Jan 2023
February National Hunt Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Hobby Horse Stud
Purchaser: Lot Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 132
Prices
Avg: €12,451
Median: €8,500
Maximum: €49,000
Nov 2022
National Hunt Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Hobby Horse Stud
Purchaser: Lot Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 772
Prices
Avg: €17,983
Median: €14,000
Maximum: €100,000
Reports in which Strong Contender (IRE) was mentioned
The Norman Lee-trained Strong Contender (11/1) was a wide-margin winner of Wexford's SIS Handicap Hurdle for jockey Conor Smithers.
Fri 07th Aug
After race at
Sligo Wed, 19th Aug, 2026 (1st) 
I'm delighted with her because we ran her back a little bit quick after Wexford, and the ground turned out to be a bit softer than ideal. She's only a slight mare, 15 '3, and the better ground at Wexford was more to her liking. It was a messy race, and she got squeezed on the home turn, but toughed it out well. She was well bought by Michael Hogan (owner) because she's by a good sire and is a half-sister to a Grade 1-placed horse. We'll give her three weeks now and find something else - we'll keep her to the country tracks for now.

Norman Lee
After race at
Wexford Fri, 7th Aug, 2026 (1st) 
It’s great to get that. We had a run of a lot of bad horses over the last year-and-a-half and it’s been tough going,. She’s a grand little filly and she’ll progress away. Hopefully there is another day in her. She belongs to a great owner and he’s been with me since the start, others have come and went. Any day you get a winner for Michael Hogan is a great day. It’s a testament to the lads at home and their great work. We have a small team and we’re trying to climb up again, we had an awful bad run of things. It’s nice to get back. We have a few nice horses at home and hopefully we’ll get a few again. When we have them we’re able to do them but you need the ammunition. Small yards are struggling. Conor gave her a super ride. He rode her from the back, we rode her a bit too prominently in Ballinrobe and made a mistake. He gave her a great ride today.

Norman Lee
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