Felix Somary makes winning debut Felix Somary, available at 14/1 this morning an sent off at half those odds, showed good speed throughout to make a winning debut in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Sligo. The John O’Donoghue-trained colt wrestled back the lead early in the straight and showed a good attitude to hold off a couple of challengers in the closing stages. Ronan Whelan’s mount had a head to spare at the line over Raphello with Coincidental Glory a neck further back in third. O’Donoghue said, “We thought he’d at least be in the first three and stall one has done it. He looked very professional there and thankfully we had Ronan on board. “We were fourth in this race last year with Jareth who made it to 95 and we think this guy is a fair bit better than him. “I think we’ll look at the Killavullan and we’ll work our way back. I think he likes ease. “He’s big and scopey so hopefully he’s a nice three-year-old. He handled the track well which isn’t easy here first time. “We never train for day one and he’s a nice type going forward.”
