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Best Not Argue as O'Briens bring up their double

Best Not Argue, near side, swoops to conquerBest Not Argue, near side, swoops to conquer
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Brothers Joseph and Donnacha O'Brien were in double-winning form at Roscommon as Best Not Argue delivered in division one of the Alice Farrell Memorial Handicap.

The six-year-old mare was having her first start for Joseph O'Brien and was coming off a break of 324 days.

She was last approaching the straight and came wide before making headway at the two pole.

You couldn't have called her the winner a furlong out when she was fifth but she was soon ridden by Donnacha O'Brien and thundered home to get up in the closing stages by half a length.

O'Brien put up 2lb overweight on the mare who sported a first-time hood. Piper Bomb had to settle for second at 7/1, with Bittern Cry five lengths adrift in third at 11/1.

Jockey O'Brien said: "She is not a filly I know a whole lot about but she has done that nicely today.

"She is fairly versatile (ground-wise) and it's not that slow out there, it's good ground.

"It's her first run for Joseph and it's nice to get a win into her and hopefully she can win again."

Best Not Argue won two races for her former trainer John Murphy

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.