Nellcote completes Limerick treble for Joseph O'Brien Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Browne McMonagle were winners again as Nellcote landed the Conference & Banqueting Facilities @ Limerick Median Auction Fillies Maiden. In contrast to the runaway success of their earlier winner together Al Haarith, the 5/2 joint-favourite had to battle for her victory, only getting the better of the John O'Donoghue-trained 100/30 chance Stellar Moment inside the final 100 yards to score by half a length. It was a third winner of the evening for O’Brien and a second for the Donegal jockey. Dylan Browne McMonagle said: “I shouldn’t have given away my position down around the first bend. I should have kept moving forward. Scott put the brakes on up the back and, we hack cantered for the second half of the race. “Hence why I got her out to get her going a little bit earlier than usual. Once I got upsides down into the straight, she found plenty for pressure. “When I got there, she was just doing enough. She had a good look at the stalls on the right-hand side. She is still babyish so there is plenty more improvement to come. That’ll sharpen her up plenty and, it's good to get her head in front. A mile-and-a-half is a good trip for her.” Additional reporting by John O’Riordan
