A Step Too Far and Adam Farragher won for trainer Kieran Cotter (right) his assistant Danny Murphy and daughter Grainne © Photo Healy Racing
A Step Too Far continued her remarkable run with a gutsy success in the featured Troytown Bar Handicap at Navan this afternoon.
Kieran Cotter 's charge registered her fourth win on the bounce when making all to grab the lion's share of the pot in the €21,000 prize.
Adam Farragher let his mount bowl along in the five-furlong contest but she was strongly pressed a furlong from home by Miacomet and Tide Of Time
The daughter of Footstepsinthesand found plenty in the closing stages to post a three-parts-of-a-length win over Miacomet.
“The dream continues! We actually believed she could win today. She has so much raw speed that horses have to work hard to get to her,” said Cotter.
“She had eight stone on her back and on the climb in the last two furlongs it just told today.
“We were standing beside the handicapper there and he just started laughing! So I don't know what he's going to do to us now.
“Four in a row in this country is a big achievement.
“Since we started leading her down to the start she hasn't been boiling over. We train her a bit different now because she's just wired at home. We have a handle on her.
“Four weeks ago we had an eye on the Joe McGrath towards the end of the month so she'd be entitled to go and have a crack there. We've had great fun with her.
“That was a fair step up today but she just has so much raw pace that she's able to tank along. She has a high cruising speed and other horses have to struggle to get to her, especially in a sprint.
“It seems to have fallen that way that we've got sprinters. We haven't had any mile or mile-and-a-half horses. They just haven't been sent to us, it'll happen some day.”
