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Narlita scores for favourite backers in the nightcap

Narlita, right, gallops home for Adam CaffreyNarlita, right, gallops home for Adam Caffrey
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Narlita sent favourite backers home from Gowran Park in good cheer with victory in the Racing Again November 8th Handicap that concluded the action.

She was well supported in the market from 9/2 to 10/3 favourite.

The six-year-old mare raced in touch for Adam Caffrey and made her move entering the straight.

Caffrey drove her to the front inside the final quarter of a mile and she kept up the gallop in the closing stages to see it out by a length and three-parts from Calzaghi (7/2) who briefly looked threatening in the final furlong. Ina Mina (22/1) was another two and a-half lengths away in third.

Harry Rogers said: “A deserved win and the first time she’s got her ground. The further she goes the better she is.

“She’s in Galway next Monday over a similar trip which should suit her again.

“It’s nice for her owner Brendan Fitzpatrick. I trained winners for him years ago and he’s been lucky with this one.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
10/3Fav
Tote €4.40 €1.60
2nd
1.75L
7/2
€1.70
3rd
2.5L
22/1
€7.20
4th
1.75L
13/2
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.