Amemri completes remarkable five-timer Amemri (14/1) completed a remarkable handicap five-timer today, as the mare led home a David Marnane-trained 1-2 in Limerick’s mile fillies handicap. Having her first start since March, the five-year-old daughter of Time Test improved from mid-field, under Darragh O’Sullivan, and moved ahead of Aviatrice in the final furlong, to beat her stablemate by three-parts of a length. Amemri, whose ratings have varied between just 47 and 65, was recording her ninth career success and had previously won four consecutive races during Dundalk’s winter series. Marnane reported “Amemri was initially part of our MRC International syndicate but wasn’t selling for enough (at 6,000gns) so instead I bought her as a present for my wife, so kudos to me! “She had won three races for the syndicate and, buying her, I thought she might win a couple. To win five-in-a-row and six for us is remarkable and she knows how to get a job done. “She had a good break after her last run so I thought she would need the run coming here but she handled that ground well. She has had a good blow so hopefully there’ll be more improvement. She never really kills herself so is always helping us out with the handicapper. “I’m delighted with Aviatrice as she has been off a long time and we actually think she is a very good filly. She has had stupid niggly problems so I thought she would need today’s run. She travelled well into today’s race but took a big blow.”
