It's A Heartbeat sheds her maiden tag in fine fashion It's A Heartbeat took a lovely step forward from a promising debut to readily win the fillies' maiden on the Curragh's card. The daughter of Too Darn hot showed up well in fourth over an extended 10-furlongs at Naas and moved up to a mile and a-half for this assignment. Ronan Whelan had her positioned in third on the rail straightening for home and she travelled best when switched out in second at the two pole. The leader Tenoya was passed a furlong and a-half out and It's A Heartbeat soon set about going for home. Jannah Star, the 13/8 favourite, attempted to chase her down in the final furlong, but could make no inroads in the final 100 yards as It's A Heartbeat forged on well. The 7/1 shot beat Jannah Star by two and a-half lengths with Tenoya (5/2) the same distance away in third. John O'Donoghue said: "We always liked her, her pedigree is lovely. “Thankfully, Sven and Carina (Hanson) sent us in Saltwell at the end of last year, so we’ve trained her sister and we knew that she’d chill out lovely over a mile-and-a-half. “That’s the way we wanted to ride her and it just sort of fell in Ronan’s lap. “We like the first run to happen and then go away and learn from it. She’s learned from her experience and enjoyed that big shower today. “It was yielding at Naas - I don’t think she needs it really easy, but that just definitely helped today. “She came into it lovely, travelled sweetly, and won nicely. “She’s all about next year. We’ll take our time now and won’t do anything silly. We’ll get her home and see how she is. We’ll pick something in 2026 and work back from that.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
