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Andy Robertson's colt hits the target at Cork

Walk On Harry Walk On Harry
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The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over five furlongs was the opener at Cork and Walk On Harry (11/2) landed the spoils for Henry de Bromhead and Ronan Whelan.

Fitted with a tongue-tie for the first time after finishing third over course and distance three weeks ago, the Earthlight colt tracked the front-running 11/8 favourite Southern Boulevard With the leader gradually hanging left towards the stands' rail, Walk On Harry took her measure inside the final 100 yards and went on to score by a length and a quarter.

The winner, who qualifies for a 50,000 euro Goffs Orby bonus, is owned by ex-Liverpool and current Spurs player Andy Robertson.

"I learned a lot about him the last day when I was too forceful on him, so we decided to take a lead today and it worked out like a piece of work," said the winning rider.

"He has stepped forward with every run and, physically, he is all there and has a lovely pedigree to back it up.

"You'd like to think he will keep progressing and he has plenty of options going forward."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

1st
11/2
Tote €6.70 €1.70
2nd
1.25L
11/8Fav
€1.10
3rd
0.5L
14/1
€3.70
4th
hd
50/1
4th
Dht
3/1
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.