Dempsey's debutant wins under Williamson Alliteration gave trainer Philip Dempsey a fifth winner from his last nine runners when taking the Galway Plastic Surgery 4-Y-O Fillies (Pro/Am) Flat Race under Josh Williamson. The daughter of Poet's Word was making her debut and went off at 8/1 having been available at 20s in a few places this morning. Having raced in touch behind the leaders, she went second a furlong out and wore down Churchfield Annie close home to score by a neck. After the winner edged left in the final strides and bumped the runner-up, a stewards' enquiry was called but there was little doubt that the placings would remain unaltered. Williamson did, however, incur a four-day suspension for careless riding. Dempsey commented: "Maybe Josh had his stick in the wrong hand but he'll learn from that and we're delighted. "William Flood (owner/breeder) is a great man with a passion for the game and is a great supporter. He stands the stallion and we had the mare, who won a bumper and was Listed-placed, and this is her first foal. "William was responsible for bringing in the mares' series of races and Caravation (today's winning dam) won three of them with a bumper, maiden hurdle and chase. The pedigree goes back a long, long way and the dam is a sister to Niche Market who won an Irish National. "Knowing William he'd like to get blacktype with her, and she is a filly who you mightn't be in any great rush with either." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
