Friday makes it Five career wins on hurdle debut Fiver Friday has proved a good money spinner for connections winning four times on the Flat and added a new string to her bow when making a winning start over hurdles in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle at Naas. Paul Traynor sent her over from his Antrim base to score three times in Scotland and she came down to Naas to record the latest of her Flat win last August. The 8/1 chance made headway to challenge after two out under Liam McKenna and proved the strongest on the run-in to get the better of Ma Belle Etoile by two and three-quarter lengths. Getaways Charm was a further length and three-quarters away in third. Traynor said, “It was a nice start, we were coming here with a nice run in mind. “She had the class to be involved but she just had to learn to settle and jump. I know she’s jumped a bit airy at a couple, but she likes her jumping. “Whenever she got a hurdle in front of her in the race, she had a bit of respect for it and it settled her. “She did it well. We were aiming at a couple of wee races across the water so I’m not sure what we’ll do now. “There were a few in the race with really good form. She’s a classy wee mare and she’ll only beat herself more than anything. “We’ll keep her hurdling for the first half of the season and then we’ll see what’s there on the Flat. “The lads weren’t keen on going down the breeding route so weren’t really mad about chasing Listed races or anything on the Flat. “We said ‘what’s our next option’ so we said we’d see if she takes to hurdling. “The full-sister (Addosh) is not a bad hurdler and her half-sister (Stormie Outlook) actually ran in this race so there are hurdlers in the family.” Quotes by Gary Carson
