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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Humble gets the job done on hurdling debut

Thu 9th Aug 2018, 19:53

Stay Humble comes home an easy winner under Ruby WalshStay Humble comes home an easy winner under Ruby Walsh
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Stay Humble justified 1/8 favouritism in Diageo Day 21st August Maiden Hurdle, scoring under Ruby Walsh for Willie Mullins.

Successful in a point-to-point for Pat Doyle, the son of Beat Hollow made the breakthrough on his fourth start for current connections in a bumper at Downpatrick in June.

Making his debut over flights, he was settled behind the leaders by Walsh, improving into a share of the lead from three out.

He eased to the front before the last, and kept on well from there to beat Eimear (8/1) by eight and a half lengths.

"We hope he'll make a better hurdler than bumper horse and he should do as he jumped well," said Walsh.

A full-brother to Stay Humble's dam, Rosy Cyborg, won a bumper for Willie and Patrick Mullins here in 2007.

STEWARDS REPORTS

A.W. Short, rider of Olive D'haguenet (FR) trained by I.Madden, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount hung left throughout.

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy

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.