Gale strikes again at Dundalk English apprentice jockey Elizabeth Gale maintained her unbeaten record in Irish Flat races today, giving trainer Denis Hogan an opening-races double on Oxford Circus (11/1) in Dundalk’s Book Online @ DundalkStadium.com Maiden. Gale, a step-daughter of ex-jump jockey Brian Harding, has herself ridden 11 jumps winners and having landed the Ladies Derby last June, was today following up another recent Dundalk success on the Hogan-trained Sporting Hero. Hogan had earlier won the opening claimer with The Liffey and following Oxford Circus’ all-out short-head success, Gale reported “That's three wins now, it is actually unbelievable! These things seem to happen to me when I get going, things seem to fly early, so hopefully the momentum stays. “I'm very lucky, Denis is very good to me and is putting me on the right ones as well, so the credit really goes to him and his work at home with all the lads. "I think the penny really dropped today, Oxford Circus was probably still a little novicey the first couple of times, but still ran creditably. Back over the six (furlongs), I think just having that experience under his belt and it was a weak enough race today. "He finishes really strong - he gallops into it beautifully and he hits a little bit of a flat spot, but he stays very well." Quotes from Michael Graham
