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Like lunges late to score for Mulvany

Cause I Like You and Wesley Joyce Cause I Like You and Wesley Joyce
© Healy Racing Photos

Cause I Like You lunged late to deny Oisin Murphy a double on the card at Killarney night. Zheleznaya Dama made a bold bid from the front in the Irish Examiner Handicap but was chased down in the closing stages by the Mick Mulvany-trained filly.

Wesley Joyce got a good tune from his mount late on to record a length-and-three-quarters success.

The 10/3 winner had been runner-up on her last outing and Mulvany said:-

“She fired a warning shot the last day, she was finishing really well in Bellewstown.

“She’s learning on the job and hopefully now she knows what she’s doing.

“She’s entitled to be there, where she is today, and it’s just nice to have a winning bracket for the owner/breeder. Hopefully they’ll keep the whole thing going.”

When asked if she could get further he added:- “Probably in time, she’s only really settled and has been learning.

“I’d say a mile to nine furlongs is her trip. I think the penny is only really starting to drop with her and hopefully it’s onwards and upwards.”

1st
10/3
Tote €4.34 €1.50
2nd
1.75L
5/2Fav
€1.20
3rd
2L
7/1
€2.40
4th
0.5L
40/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.