Chosen Comrade maintains unbeaten record with stylish win Chosen Comrade made it three wins from as many starts when easily landing the opening PwC Mares Maiden Hurdle at Limerick. Successful in her sole point-to-point start, the four-year-old won her bumper on Rules debut for Peter Fahey, before striking here at the first time of asking over flights. Travelling strongly throughout under Sam Ewing, the 6/4 chance came through to head favourite Aruntothequeen at the penultimate flight, before staying on well to score easily by four lengths. Peter Fahey said: "It was a little bit of a relief and while I always liked her, I can't say she shows up massively at home. The way she did it today, you couldn't but be impressed. "We only had her a couple of months before her bumper, which was a big turnaround coming from Gary's (Murphy). It was a bit of a gamble to go for a bumper but it worked out and coming here today, she was as fit as we could have her but she'll improve from it. "Hopefully she ends up being a nice filly for those good mares' races. I think she is a graded mare, as she has plenty of pace and her jumping is good. "Paul (Leech) has been lucky but knows more about racing that any of us. He is based in America but in fairness he has never missed either a strong bit of 'work' or a race. "We went through a long list of horses before buying this mare and he went through his statistics and picked her. No doubt he will have a list of things after today so we'll work something out." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes.
