Backers of Coin Collect after Galway maiden success

One of the best backed horses on the day, Collecting Coin landed odds of 6/5f with the minimum of fuss when staying on strongly to win the Caulfield Industrial Irish EBF Maiden at Galway.

Third on his racecourse debut at Cork in April, the Jessica Harrington trained gelding only narrowly missed out when runner-up at the Curragh last time.

Tracking the leaders throughout under Shane Foley, Collecting Coin came through to lead over a furlong from home.

Keeping on well inside the final furlong, the market leader beat Gran Habano by three-lengths.

Kate Harrington said: "He is a lovely horse, we've always thought an awful lot of him and he was shrewdly bought by Patrick (Cooper) from the John Dance-dispersal sale last February.

"He misbehaved at the Curragh and Cork earlier in the year so we gelded him since and he behaved impeccably today. He did what he was supposed to do, is a lovely horse going forward and we'll hope to pick a winners' of one next. We'll plot our way through the season as he is ground-versatile."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.