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Proudly Yours lands juvenile maiden for Lyons & Keane

Proudly Yours (far side) beating Sir Yoshi Proudly Yours (far side) beating Sir Yoshi
© Photo Healy Racing

Ger Lyons struck with his first two-year-old runner of the season as Proudly Yours made a successful debut at odds of 3/1 in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Dundalk.

It was hard to discount any of the nine runners as they were stretched across the track under two furlongs out. Sir Yoshi challenged towards the stand side when jinking right just inside the final furlong and this proved crucial as Proudly Yours kept a straight line up the centre of the track under Colin Keane to beat that rival by half-a-length. Brosay finished a further three quarters of a length back in third.

Keane said, "The boss has kind of been a bit easier on the two-year-olds this year. They have only done a handful of breezes over three furlongs as such.

"Everything she has done, she has done very professionally at home and we were adamant that she was ready to start and that she would handle the good surface. I think you only need to show her once and she knows what she is doing.

"You would imagine that she is a filly that would have no problem going an extra furlong during the summer and hopefully can build into a black-type filly."

Quotes by Michael Graham

1st
3/1
Tote €4.00 €1.20
2nd
0.5L
14/1
€3.00
3rd
0.75L
16/1
€3.70
4th
2.75L
20/1
bf
0.5L
13/8Fav
About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.