'This one is the real deal' - Ryan sweet on Georgina Pets Georgina followed up a bumper win at Sligo last month when making all in the Killarney Grand Mares Maiden Hurdle. The John Ryan-trained mare showed stamina is her forte asserting approaching the final flight and JJ Slevin could afford to take things easy on the run-in. The 5/1 chance came home four and a half lengths clear of Chisel Hill with Tumbling In a further two and a half lengths back in third. Ryan said, “This is a nice mare. I’d say she’s way better than the ordinary and she’s a winter-type mare. “She’s out of a very good mare. This one is the real deal. It was only her third run over hurdles, although you could say it was her second (badly hampered and unseated early at Ballinrobe). “I was forced to go for a bumper as she got an RPR of 120 after being second. Just pure greenness beat her in Kilbeggan, or she would have won that novice hurdle. “I said to JJ that he was on way the best horse in the race and he said he’d make the running then and do it the hard way. He said it was easier than it looked. “She’ll go to Cork next. There is a three-mile novice there and also a three-mile graded race.” Quotes by Gary Carson
