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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Light provides O'Donoghue with quick double

Tue 27th Jun 2017, 20:16

Light That (noseband) leads home his rivals under Colm O'DonoghueLight That (noseband) leads home his rivals under Colm O'Donoghue
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After winning the previous contest aboard Time Dee Colm O'Donoghue quickly doubled-up on Light That in the vaughanshoes.ie Ladies Day Today Handicap.

O'Donoghue adopted front-running tactics on Time Dee, and he did the same on this Jessica Harrington trained victor.

Sent straight to the front, the five-year-old son of Echo Of Light was ridden with under two furlongs left to race, and he kept on well from there, going on to score by a length and three parts.

.Prince Charmin' (5/2) ran on to take second under Oisin Orr for Tony Martin, while Lord Justice (11/2) was another length back in third for Ana and Joseph O'Brien.

O'Donoghue said afterwards of the Flyers Syndicate owned gelding: "Jessie was delighted with his homework.

"He's a consistent, very genuine dual purpose horse and the lads are having good fun with him."

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.