Noli Temere scores on handicap debut Noli Temere (11/5f) followed up a recent Naas success to score on handicap debut today, when readily defying a mark of 82 in Navan’s Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On This Saturday Handicap. Ridden by Dylan Browne McMonagle, the Eleanora Kennedy-owned daughter of Starspangledbanner raced prominently throughout today’s mile race and quickened to score easily from Neo Smart . Winning trainer Michael O'Callaghan said "Noli Timere is improving with racing and is probably getting a little bit quicker. She is one we have always liked although she has been quite raw, and because of that, I think she could be an even nicer filly next year. "She has won her maiden and now a handicap, although her rating is going to creep up. There is the Autumn Fillies' Handicap (in Leopardstown) for her and then the Denny Cordell Lavarack (Gowran Park), if she relaxes enough to maybe stretch to 1m1f. "That ground is key to her: she is a Starspangledbanner filly who just loves to get her toe in. We will probably have a shot at black-type before the end of the year because a lot can happen over a winter." Quotes from Michael Graham
