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O'Keeffe the toast of Cork punters

She's A Fine Wine  She's A Fine Wine
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Plenty still held chances racing to the third-last in the featured Co-Op Superstores Handicap Chase at Cork but the 10/3 favourite She's A Fine Wine, ridden close to the pace by Darragh O'Keeffe, quickly put her stamp on the race and went clear to beat In The Trenches by 10 lengths.

O'Keeffe said of Michael Dempsey's daughter of Flemensfirth who is trained by Henry de Bromhead: "I was watching her in the Galway Blazers when she looked a winner coming into the dip, but mightn't have seen it out.

"Everyone suggested to bring her back in trip and she likes nice ground and had a lovely weight. It worked out great.

"Once she got into a flowing rhythm she was very good and from five-out she really got going. It was a nice performance."

It was a fifth career win for the seven-year-old.

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.