Grande Cuvee gets first opening Owner/breeder Michael Begley’s Grande Cuvee (1/3f) gained a valuable first success today, landing Dundalk’s opening BAR 1 Betting 'Your First For Football' Maiden for trainer Fozzy Stack and jockey Seamie Heffernan. A sister to last year’s Tipperary Abergwaun Listed Stakes-winner Grande Marques, Grande Cuvee today made all the running and scored easily by 3.25 lengths from What’s Enough . Heffernan said "she's a huge, big filly and didn't run as a two-year-old because she was too weak. Maybe she is still weak this year and just kept running into one. Today looked a very good opportunity, and we would have been disappointed if she had got beaten, but she actually won very well. "Hopefully she will improve with time." A grande cuvee means a top-tier, special-selection blend produced by a winery or Champagne house. Quotes from Michael Graham
