Fingerpaint looks like another nice filly for Weld Fingerpaint got going late on to make a winning start for Dermot Weld and Juddmonte in the McGuinness Maintenance Services Irish EBF Maiden at the Curragh. The Kingman filly went to post a well-backed 5/2 shot on her debut and lunged late for Chris Hayes. Collecting Coin came to lead a furlong from home but was trumped late on by Fingerpaint as she got on top for a neck success. “She’s a lovely filly and hopefully that will start the weekend well for Juddmonte,” said Weld. “She’s a big powerful filly and I thought she’d run a very nice race, she’d been working well. “We’ll see how she comes out of the race and speak with Barry (Mahon) and Prince Khalid’s family and then decide where we go. “I’d say she’s most likely to move up to stakes level. “She’s a lovely mannered filly and she’s progressive. I think a mile will be lovely for her with the way she finished out there. “It was a lovely race to start her off in and we’ll step up to a mile now. There will be nice improvement in her going a mile.”
