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Lyons keeps winning run going with Ocean's Breath

Ocean's Breath goes on from County CarlowOcean's Breath goes on from County Carlow
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The Fiver Fridays At Fairyhouse Rated Race over seven furlongs went to the 15/8 favourite Ocean's Breath  

Stepping up to this trip for the first time and fitted a tongue-tie, the Vincent Gaul-owned son of Bated Breath tracked County Carlow and took over in front approaching the final furlong to defeat that rival by three lengths.

After sending out his seventh winner of the week, trainer Ger Lyons remarked "I hoping that the step up in trip would suit him.

“We had to draw a line through what happened at Naas, he was left on his own.

“He’s such an honest horse. I said around a bend here we’d try him over seven. I declared him for Sunday, over six (at Navan), just in case I was wrong.

“Gary said doing that he’d nearly get a mile, the way he ran on.

“He’s only a baby, and still a colt, so there is plenty of improvement. He has a great temperament and, as I said last night, I love that sire, he has been good to us.”

 

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.