'Magical' result as Duckadilly leads home 1-2 for McLoughlin in feature Danny McLoughlin enjoyed a dream result in the featured €55,000 Darley Irish EBF Kooyonga Stakes at Navan with Duckadilly beating stablemate Syzygy in this Listed race. Fast Tara ensured a strong pace in this mile event but had dropped away as Duckadilly was ridden to lead just over a furlong. Ben Coen needed to keep the 7/1 (from 10/1) chance right up to his work as he appeared to idle in front with 50/1 stable companion Syzygy finishing well from off the pace to get with half a length at the line. Sindria finished a further half a length back in third. McLoughlin said, “We had her in the sale last year and we weren't getting what we wanted for her. We took her back and the plan was to try and win a stakes race and maybe go back there (sales). "As you see, she is a gorgeous, big filly. She has plenty of size and plenty of substance. She will make into a nice broodmare someday. "To win my first black-type race here and to have the 1-2 as well is unbelievable! "You just have to move on (from Magny Cours incident in the Irish 1,000 Guineas) - I'll stop when the clock does, and the clock doesn't stop! You have to move on. Life always challenges you no matter what you do. "The horses were taking a run, and they went through a bit of a patch when they just weren't firing. We just weren't happy, so we took a pull until we were happy with them and they started to come. They started to come in their coats the last two weeks and started to work a bit better. "I was telling the owners that the last ten days I was really happy with the horses. "That was great there today and I couldn't imagine it working out like that. It is magical really." Quotes by Michael Graham
