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Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Boulea has her day

Fri 19th Apr 2013, 16:42

Lady Boulea (centre) leads the way in the opener at WexfordLady Boulea (centre) leads the way in the opener at Wexford
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Former winning point-to-pointer Lady Boulea opened her account under rules when making all to land division one of the Ingard Point Maiden Hurdle at Wexford.

The 5/1 chance jumped well for leading claiming rider Mark Enright, and stayed on well in the straight to account for El Soro (16/1), who pulled hard early, by a length and a half. Cloone Springs (11/2) was prominent throughout but could find no extra approaching the last to finish another length and a half adrift in third.

The uneasy 100/30 favourite Off The Charts could never get in a blow, and kept on onepaced to finish sixth.

Harney said, “It’s been a terrible job just to get her right. My wife Imelda bred her, and she is owned by Michael Barrett from Ballingarry. He rode quite a few winners including a Conyngham Cup at Punchestown.

“She won a point-to-point and jumping is her forte. Usually there are 8 hurdles in a two-mile hurdle race but there are 11 today and that helped her.”

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy

About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.