Serenity strikes on his first for McGuinness Serenity Blue made a winning start for Ado McGuinness with a cosy success at Dundalk this evening. The Lope De Vega gelding won twice in England for James Horton and went to post a 10/3 shot on his Irish debut in the 0-80 mile-and-a-half handicap. Reese Holohan led passing the furlong pole on his mount and he was nicely on top at the line, scoring by three-and-a-quarter lengths over front-runner Cooley’s Mist. “We bought him out of James Horton’s privately. Ted Durcan recommended him, he rang me one day out of the blue and said ‘there is a horse here that should be bought’,” said McGuinness. “They were having a bit of trouble with him, I think scoping wrong, and he felt that our place might suit him, being an open place and airy. It definitely has. “We have killed him. We gave him a gallop up here last week and were very happy with him. “The lads have been very lucky for me. Total Recall are with me since I started and we’ve had a lot of success together. We bought this lad as a nice fun horse for the winter. “I’d say he’ll jump a hurdle next summer as well so we’ve plenty to look forward to. “He’s a nice horse and he did that quite easily. Hopefully the handicapper isn’t too hard on him. We’ll campaign him up here for the winter and see what happens.”
