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Victoria Bay brings up plenty of bets

Victoria Bay races away from the lastVictoria Bay races away from the last
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Colin Bowe's Victoria Bay landed a gamble with a game display in the extended two and a quarter mile handicap hurdle at Downpatrick.

Sean Flanagan 's mount was left in the lead after the fifth last when Tin Town Liz slipped up on the bend.

She fended off all her rivals, though, and asserted to come home by five and a half lengths at 4/1 having been 8/1 in the morning. Our Rachael was runner-up at 11/2 with Minnie Dahill half a length further back in third at 9/1.

Sean Flanagan said: "When Conor Maxwell (on Tin Town Liz) slipped on the bend, I was left there way too soon.

"Her last run was over three miles and she was unlucky to get beaten. I have ridden her knowing well that she gets the trip and she has done it well.

"She's better on better ground, it was softer ground last time and that is probably why she got beaten.

"She's a grand mare and has a really nice pedigree and will be a nice mare to jump a fence.

"We were confident knowing she would get the trip."

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.