Emmeleia leads home O'Brien 1-2 in Fillies Maiden Donnacha O'Brien trained the first two home in the BAR 1 Betting "Great App, No Joke" Fillies Maiden at Dundalk, as market leader Emmeleia saw off her stablemate Eretria in a driving finish. Sent off the 6/5 favourite under Gavin Ryan, the once-raced Camelot filly travelled strongly on the heels of the leaders, before coming through to head Eretria over a furlong out. To her credit, the latter showed plenty of promise on debut, sticking to her task well, before eventually losing out to her Skara Glen Stables-owned stablemate by three-quarters-of-a-length. Donnacha O'Brien said: "She's a nice filly and we thought this trip would suit her well, plenty of stamina in the pedigree. "I think she has improved. They pulled well clear of the third which is a good sign. "They have been working together at home, and I thought they were both working nicely. She (Eretria) was ready to run, I was eager to get a start into her on a sound surface. She will hopefully be a nice filly going forward, and she'll improve plenty from that." Additional reporting by Michael Graham.
