Catalina collects in Amethyst as Twomey runs continues Paddy Twomey continued in flying form when Catalina Delcarpio swooped late to land the Amethyst Stakes at Leopardstown, giving him a quick double on the card. Billy Lee held the 10/3 shot up in the early stages of the mile listed contest before producing her to challenge inside the final furlong. The Lope De Vega filly got on top in the closing stages to post a length-and-a-quarter success over Tokenomics. Catalina Delcarpio was stepping forward having finished fourth in Group 3 company on her return at the Curragh last month. Twomey had also won the opener at the Corks jumps meeting today and was continuing a remarkable run as nine of his last ten runners have been successsful. “Billy said he’d like to drop her in and I said ‘do whatever you want’. She has a lot of class,” said Twomey. “It was maybe trainer error last year, I stretched her out to a mile-and-four in the Ribblesdale and I’d say she has too much speed for that. “I said to Billy that we’d start back at a mile. She had a setback after she ran in Ascot so she was just ready to start back when she ran in the Park Express and I thought she’d come forward well from it. “I think she can step up to ten furlongs no problem but she has pace for a mile. “Her new connections were keen that we win a Listed race before stepping up the grades. She’s done that today so I think we’ll be allowed to do whatever we want now. “I doubt she’d go for the Lanwades as we have City Of Memphis and One Look as well for that. Two weeks times would seem very soon for her. “I’d imagine a race like the Pretty Polly would be right up her street.”
