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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Eclair De Beaufeu battles for victory in Limerick

Thu 27th Dec 2018, 12:56

Eclair De Beaufeu, left, gets the better of Envious EditorEclair De Beaufeu, left, gets the better of Envious Editor
© Photo Healy Racing

Eclair De Beaufeu showed his resolve to rally for victory in the latter stages of Limerick's maiden hurdle.

Keith Donoghue 's mount tracked Drifting Back into the straight and made smooth headway to lead on the approach to the penultimate flight.

However, he was challenged after that obstacle by Envious Editor who took a narrow lead jumping the last.

Envious Editor was half a length in front on the run-in but in the final stages Eclair De Beaufeu stayed on stoutly to get up and win by a length at 5/2.

The runner-up, Envious Editor, was all the rage with punters who forced his price down from 2/1 to 11/10 favourite.

All The Acorn was a length and a quarter further back in third at 6/1.

Ian ‘Busty’ Amond, assistant to Gordon Elliott, said: “He had plenty of experience and he got the job done. Keith said he battled well.

"He made a slight mistake at the second-last and was headed but he battled well after the last. Hopefully he can kick on from here.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

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.