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First winner for Rebecca Parsons

Ardadslosttheplot and Rebecca Parsons Ardadslosttheplot and Rebecca Parsons
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The Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Apprentice Handicap over seven furlongs, saw Ardadslosttheplot (7/1) come from off the pace to provide rider Rebecca Parsons with her first winner.

Drawn one, the winner broke well but was restrained and slotted in towards the rear of the field, taking a keen hold early on.

Switched to the outer early in the straight, the three-year-old bay, owned by Amy and Olivia Marnane, picked up really well under a hand ride and led inside the final furlong to beat front-runner Dynamic Force by two and three-quarter lengths.

Winning trainer David Marnane said "Rebecca's a great kid. She's with me a year-and-a-half now at this stage I'd say. She drives an hour and ten or fifteen minutes every morning in, and the same home.

"She's well able to ride-she's some value for 10lb, and we'll be using her a bit.

"The filly had her first run of the season over five (furlongs) at Naas and that was a good run. Not really her trip, but she stayed on well.

"She looks like she could even step up in trip there. We'll see what the handicapper does, but she's going the right way anyway."

Additional reporting by John O'Riordan

1st
7/1
Tote €8.80 €1.80
2nd
2.75L
11/1
€3.20
3rd
nk
5/2Fav
€1.50
4th
1.5L
16/1
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.