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Winner for King & Enright in Limerick's opener

Changeyourstars (nearest) heads Galileo Dame at the lastChangeyourstars (nearest) heads Galileo Dame at the last
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The opener on day two of Limerick's Christmas festival meeting, the Earl Of Harrington Mares Maiden Hurdle, was won by the James King-trained Changeyourstars (10/1).

Phillip Enright 's mount met some trouble in running on the home bend when trying to improve and was switched left to get a clear run going to the second-last.

The daughter of Shirocco, owned by Mrs C T Ryan & Philip Brady Partnership, picked up well and headed Galileo Dame (6/4 fav) at the last before being driven out to hold off that rival by half a length.

The winning trainer's brother, amateur jockey Pa King, said "I won a point-to point on-her and she then went to the sales but wasn't sold. She is a homebred and fair play to the owners who decided to race her.

"She had a nice run the last day and progressed again today. Today is out of the way which is great, she is a lovely mare and will probably be better over a fence next year."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.