Samba Train on the right track under O'Connor The well-backed favourite Samba Train (5/2 into 7/4 before the off) made all and got the better of a good tussle with market rival Amina to win the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race at Limerick. Aine O'Connor hugged the inside rail throughout as some of her fellow riders, including John Gleeson on the runner-up, went in search of unpoached ground wider on the track. In the straight, the first two home raced wide apart as Amina tried to reel in the front-runner but Samba Train was not for catching and stayed on well to post a length and a half victory with the remainder well strung out in behind. Winning trainer Enda Bolger said: "Aine was always confident, rode her positively on the inside and that's why she rides for me. She executed it great and the mare kept galloping.  "We'll sit back on our laurels now for a while but I can't wait to see her over hurdles. We'll find a mares' maiden hurdle next but she doesn't want the ground too deep being by Blue Bresil. "The owner (Sir Francis Brooke) has other duties in Ascot today but will be delighted with this." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
