Maiden Scolyer lands winners' race at Dundalk A maiden coming into the race, the Natalia Lupini trained Scolyer proved too strong for the previous winners in the line up when making all to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race at Dundalk. Runner-up over the minimum trip here on his all-weather debut last month, the son of Gold Pal broke smartly and led under jockey Ben Coen. Pushed along entering the straight, the O'Callaghan family owned 9/1 chance stayed on strongly from over a furlong out to score by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Newcomer Sharpe Ratio kept on nicely from out of the chasing group to get up close home to beat I Ready a short head for second place. Natalia Lupini said: "He's an improving horse. We thought the last time he put in a nice effort over five furlongs, and Seamie thought six and seven would suit him better. "He has a big stride, a big galloping stride. The plan today was to keep it simple and let him use his big stride. "He's a lovely horse and there is going to be so much improvement in him over the winter because he is 16.2hh, I'd say. He's a big horse, lovely attitude towards his work and delighted to have won with him. "We think he is probably going to be a good horse. He would want nice ground next year, so we'll see what the plan is with the O'Callaghan family. We'll maybe put him away over the winter. "He hit the line strong and he was staying on. He's a nice horse to have." (Quotes by Michael Graham).
