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Free Solo all the way for Foley

FREE SOLO and Shane Foley winning in style at LeopardstownFREE SOLO and Shane Foley winning in style at Leopardstown
© Photo Healy Racing

Shane Foley kept it simple again in the Frank Conroy Irish EBF Maiden, race two at Leopardstown, as he made all on Free Solo (4/1) and won by five lengths.

The Showcasing two-year-old, third at Naas on debut, stretched away from the furlong marker to lead home a trio of Ballydoyle debutants headed by Cabot Hills (13/2) in second, with a short head back to Yankee Stadium (4/1) in third.

The 3/1 favourite, Cormorant filled fourth spot.

The winning trainer Jessica Harrington, like her jockey completing a quick double, said : "Finally I got a colt to win. He was very good.

“He learned a lot in Naas where he was coming home. He was just like a baby at Naas, he jumped out and stopped rather than jumping out and going.

“Today he was just a different horse. He'll improve with racing.

“He's got some fancy entries and he'll probably go for the seven-and-a-half furlong Listed race at Tipperary.

“He loves that good ground. He got the mile easy. He got an easy lead in front and he had the experience so it stood to him.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
4/1
Tote €4.60 €1.50
2nd
5L
13/2
€2.00
3rd
shd
4/1
€1.20
4th
1.5L
3/1Fav
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.