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Harrington's black-type filly sheds maiden tag

In The Present and Shane FoleyIn The Present and Shane Foley
© Photo Healy Racing

In The Present gained a deserved breakthrough win at maiden level at Dundalk today as the Jessica Harrington trained filly landed the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction (Fillies) Maiden under stable jockey Shane Foley.

A first-season daughter of Japanese-bred, Kentucky based stallion Karakontie, In The Present gained black-type placing in a Listed contest at the Curragh in May and while outclassed at Group 3 level subsequently, today came good at the seventh attempt when comfortably beating Sister Lola by four and a quarter lengths.

Afterwards jockey Foley said “it’s great to win a maiden with her and she was showing all the signs at home.

“She just went off the boil a bit. She was one of our first runners and she probably weakened a shade. But she came back good and the lads in the yard were sweet on her.

“I thought she would enjoy the surface. She has a funny action but at home on the all-weather she skips up along and she really enjoyed it there today as well.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
9/4JFav
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2nd
4.25L
20/1
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3rd
1.5L
9/4JFav
€1.40
4th
0.5L
8/1
About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.