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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Lightning Amber toughs it out for Weld

Thu 20th Aug 2020, 16:35

Dylan Browne McMonagleDylan Browne McMonagle
© Photo Healy Racing

Dermot Weld's Lightning Amber won a battle with No Say Ever to take the honours in the apprentice handicap at Leopardstown.

She was produced between horses to lead at the furlong pole, but No Say Ever was up for the challenge on her inner.

Lightning Amber retained a narrow lead throughout the final furlong and held it as she flashed past the post a head to the good at 16/5.

No Say Ever, the 3/1 favourite, had to settle for second, a length and a quarter in front of Laegan Gaeilge at 14/1.

“She travelled away lovely, we didn't go overly fast early and that played into her hands as a mile-and-two is just about as far as she'd get on that ground,” said jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle.

“She won well, she had to battle a bit but as you could see she put her head down and she won well at the line.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
16/5
Tote €3.20 €1.70
2nd
hd
3/1Fav
€1.40
3rd
1.25L
14/1
€4.60
4th
0.5L
9/2
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.