I'm So Fancy (right) and Colm O Donoghue holds off Key To My Heart© Photo Healy Racing
I’m So Fancy opened her account at the fifth attempt when staying on gamely under Colm O’Donoghue in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Navan.
A first winner for her unraced sire Rajj (by Danehill), the 8/1 shot (as big as 16/1 this morning) was sent for home over two furlongs out.
O’Donoghue’s mount asserted to go three lengths clear at the furlong pole, and that advantage proved decisive as she eventually held off the challenge of 6/4 favourite Key To My heart by a head. Wayside Flower kept on one paced another two lengths back in third.
Winning trainer Jessica Harrington said, “That's the first winner for the sire Rajj, which is great. Homer Scott stands him down in Kilkea and he's only had five runners.
"He only had one runner last year which was second a couple of times at the Curragh. Jim Nicholson bought her but Homer kept a share in her.
“She needs the mile. He said she was getting lonely in front. He kicked a long way from home but it worked out well.
“That's her fifth run so she needs to stop now. We'll finish and head on to next spring.”
(GC & AM)
