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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Foley completes 220/1 double on Minot Street

Fri 17th Oct 2014, 21:41

Minot Street comes home in front under Shane FoleyMinot Street comes home in front under Shane Foley
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Minot Street (16/1) rounded off a miserable evening for punters at Dundalk as he took the last, division two of the Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Handicap, providing his jockey Shane Foley with a 220/1 double on the card (earlier won aboard Strait Of Zanzibar .

The John McConnell trained son of Van Nistelrooy finished second in the UK twice last season and he was a decent third to Mctaggart on his last outing at Bellewstown in August.

Having tracked the leaders throughout he got a nice run through entering the straight and was soon ridden to challenge.

He hit the front a furlong and a half from home and he kept on well under pressure from there, going on to score by three and a half lengths.

Victors Beach finished second at 11/2 under Shane Kelly for Mick Halford while Oceania Queen was a further half a length back in third under Connor King for Pat Martin at 8/1 Havelock Ellis was sent off the 7/4 favourite under Fergal Lynch but he slipped up early in the straight. Thankfully both horse and rider were okay after the incident.

John McConnell said afterwards: "I'm delighted he's broken his maiden. He's a fun horse for the syndicate (Newlands Racing Club) which my father runs.

"It was a decent performance and he'll come back here. He might go jumping as well."

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.