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Sprinter Eclairage returns home for break: 'I was hoping to get her Group placed'

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Eclairage has proved a real star for Danny Murphy winning four times at Dundalk and the Curragh trainer is already looking forward to having her back again next year.

“She's at home for the winter. She's a lovely filly and I'm sure she will be a good four-year-old,” said Murphy.

The daughter of Kuroshio completed a hat-trick on the Polytrack last year and added a further success at Dundalk this summer.

She has performed with plenty of credit subsequently including when fifth in a valuable handicap at York and was fourth last time in the Group 3 Bar One Racing Mercury Stakes at Dundalk.

"She was fourth in the Group 3, and I was hoping to get her Group placed.

"She will definitely be campaigned on the turf as well; she was only beaten two lengths in York,” said Murphy.

"I've done a little wind op on her, and I'd say I will be heading back to England with her on the flat courses. Absolutely back to Dundalk as well."

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.