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Big plans for Oh Cecilia

Oh Cecelia and James Ryan, rightOh Cecelia and James Ryan, right
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Oh Cecilia has Jack Davison eyeing Royal Ascot after getting off the mark in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Cork.

She stepped up on a debut second, beaten by a neck in the Curragh.

The 5/1 shot burst through to lead inside the final furlong for James Ryan and stretched away well to win this five-furlong contest by a length and a-half. Rogue Legend the 5/6 favourite, finished second on debut while Raphello (11/1) was another couple of lengths back in third.

Davison said: "That was super and she is a good filly.

"I ran her the first day (of the season) on heavy ground where she was just touched off and performed so well just on ability. She is a fast filly who wants today's fast ground to show her speed and gears.

"I thought she won cosily enough at the line and would benefit from a stronger pace.

"We have two runs now and I would love to have a filly for Royal Ascot. She wants fast ground, she is fast and is improving so we will consider the Queen Mary Stakes."

The winner received a €50,000 Goffs bonus.

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

1st
5/1
Tote €6.00 €1.20
2nd
1.5L
5/6Fav
€1.10
3rd
2L
11/1
€2.80
4th
nk
25/1
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.