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O'Grady's filly Too good for bumper rivals

            Too Falutin and Tom Hamilton Too Falutin and Tom Hamilton
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The Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) INH Flat Race saw Too Falutin (12/1) record a wide-margin victory in the hands of Tom Hamilton.

Always prominent, the Fame And Glory filly led early in the back straight and powered away in the final furlong for a ten length win from newcomer Lily Light Foot (18/1), with another debutante Harmony Hill (6/ two and a half lengths further back in third.

The favourite Negroni , sent off at Evens, stopped very quickly in the back straight and finished tailed off.

Bred by his late wife Maria, the Edward O'Grady-owned and trained winner has been improving with racing and after a third place finish at Sligo earlier this month, was getting off the mark on her fourth appearance.

The winning rider Tom Hamilton remarked: "I've ridden for Mr O'Grady before but that's my first winner for him.

“She had three decent enough runs and she knew her job well.

“Experience counts for a lot around here.”

The winning trainer Edward O'Grady later remarked on the phone: “It's a first winner in these colours, which have a slightly different cap to my wife's colours. The filly won well and may go for a race on the Flat next.”

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.