Loughrea Dominates Cambridgeshire for the Slatterys The Andy Slattery-trained Loughrea (9/2) was an emphatic winner of the Tote Irish Cambridgeshire for rider Andrew Slattery. The son of Elzaam has improved from run to run this season and, off a mark of 91, he eased to the front in this competitive Premier Handicap and pulled away in impressive fashion to score by three lengths, with the David Marnane-trained Manton Bay back in second. Speaking after the race, trainer Andy Slattery said, "We thought he was very well handicapped at 91. Sure, you don't know until you try. You only think these things, but they don't always work out. "I have him in Champions Weekend in the Northfields, but he'll probably come here for the Concorde now. Dropping him back to seven (furlongs) won't be a problem. He'll be rated 100 anyway, so I suppose handicaps are out. "It's only his sixth run. His first run in Leopardstown last year, he was as green as grass. I only had him about two months. John was doing him himself at home and sent him on. "He just done nothing but improve. He only won by half-a-length at Leopardstown the last day, but he could have won four. It was a comfortable half-length, an easy watch." (Quotes from John O'Riordan)
