Subsonic makes all to win Curragh nightcap for Murtagh The Johnny Murtagh trained Subsonic made all the running under Ben Coen to register a first success in the concluding Fitzpatrick's Mercedes-Benz Maiden (Div II) at the Curragh. Runner-up to multiple Group 1 winner Minnie Hauk on her debut at Leopardstown last October, the daughter of Lope De Vega was opening her account at the fifth attempt. While somewhat disappointing on both her seasonal reappearance at Naas and, latest start at Navan, the filly had been highly tried when down the field in the Irish Oaks in between those outings. Sent straight to the front from stalls here, Coen set perfect fractions, quickening on two furlong out. Although outsider Santa Domingo closed the gap to three-quarters-of-a-length near the finish, Subsonic may just have idled in front. Johnny Murtagh said: “It was very important for her to win. I think she was a little bit unlucky the last time, she got in a bit of traffic and Ben said he never really got her out. “She’s a good cruiser, a good galloper, and we always thought a lot of her. “I maybe rushed her a little bit early in the year and then we took a big shot at the Oaks. “It’s nice to get her maiden win, and speaking to Maurice, he thinks we’re going to keep her in training for next year. “She’s a huge filly so I think she can only improve with another year under her belt. “It’s testing ground and they came at her early so he said she was getting a bit tired as well. I think there is a big engine in there. “As Ben says, if she can develop up into her size we feel she is a stakes filly.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson.
