Say wins again for Thorne Sayifyouwill asserted late on to run out a convincing winner of the seven furlong handicap at Dundalk for Stephen Thorne. Jack Cleary’s mount travelled well to challenge passing the two pole and was driven into a narrow lead over a furlong from home. The 5/2 favourite galloped on strongly in the closing stages to post a two-and-a-half length success, as her stablemate Shoot To Kill came through to claim the runner-up spot. Sayifyouwill had given Thorne his first winner when taking a claimer here in November and having briefly been with Sean Davis she was claimed back the following month. Thorne said: "It is a great story - she proved very difficult and tricky in the gates on a couple of occasions. We have ironed a few things out with her. “She was my first winner and obviously we lost her that night and then she appeared back in a claimer again and we claimed her back. "We just felt like there was another result in her and that's the only reason we did it. "I'm delighted - myself, my assistant Stephen Mooney and his family are involved, and Davy Carrick, a very good friend of mine in America. She dons the silks of Davy Carrick tonight. He operates some pubs in New York and is down in Florida playing golf with his family. They had Christmas down there. They will be thrilled and I'm just delighted for them." On runner-up Shoot To Kill, he added: "Jack (Kearney) said he messed up in the gates a little bit, so he probably ended up a little bit further back than where he should have been in the race. "He came there with a good run and he is in a rich vein of form. "Both horses will be kept on the go and we will see what is coming up for them." (Quotes by Michael Graham)
