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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Go Deimhin delivers a 50/1 upset in Cork

Sun 25th Aug 2013, 17:17

Go Deimhin and David Splaine are too good for their rivals in CorkGo Deimhin and David Splaine are too good for their rivals in Cork
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Training Go Deimhin was “worse than being married to a woman who was nagging you every day” trainer William Hayes quipped after the eight-year-old mare won in Cork at a whopping 50/1.

“We had terrible trouble with her. It was an achievement to win a race with her. We had an awful time of it with her. She gave us ladies troubles and scoped dirty in between races and we never had a clear run with her. It was an amount of frustration,” William Hayes added.

“The win was down to divine and extreme patience although she did win a point-to-point.”

David Splaine brought her with a sustained challenge in the home straight and she stayed on stoutly over the last three obstacles in this two and a half mile mares’ maiden hurdle.

She wore down Texas Rose (10/1) and Divine Steps after popping the last and won by two and a quarter lengths from the former. The latter took third at 33/1, beaten a total of two and three parts of a length. Ourbeautifuldream the well-backed 5/6 favourite, was off the bridle before the home straight in coming in fourth.

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.