Tatum opens her account in first-time headgear Having come into the race 0-10 on turf, the Noel Meade trained Tatum showed plenty of resolution in first-time blinkers when staying on strongly to win the Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap. Chris Hayes always had the daughter of Postponed well placed, grabbing the box seat as Highland King set the fractions out in front. Pushed along to close early in the straight, 6/1 chance Tatum was ridden to lead over a furlong out. Keeping on strongly inside the final furlong, the four-year-old found plenty under pressure to hold the late challenges of both Chopsticks and Secret Rock. Noel Meade said: “Colin (Keane) told me to put blinkers on her and then he jumped ship (to ride Secret Rock, third). “I’d say the blinkers were a help and a good track too. She looks like she stays that trip well and she may even go further the way she won there. “She was a very backward two-year-old and she used to hit the ground hard enough then, but as she’s matured her action was better and I’d be happy with her on that ground now.” Additional reporting by Alan Magee.
