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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Never lands on-course touch

Fri 30th May 2014, 19:59

Never Said That (left) and Royal Chief (grey) get very close in the closing stages, with Behemoth in thirdNever Said That (left) and Royal Chief (grey) get very close in the closing stages, with Behemoth in third
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Never Said That got up in the closing stages to take the www.tramore-racecourse.com Handicap Hurdle, scoring under Phillip Enright for Eddie Cawley.

The six-year-old son of Gold Well was making his handicap debut this evening, and he was backed on-course from 12’s into 8’s (was available at 14/1 last night). Royal Chief was sent off the 10/3 favourite for Eoin Doyle and Mikey Butler and while he led from the eighth, he couldn’t hold off the challenge of the winner on the run-in, going down by a neck at the line. Behemoth (7/2) was a length and a half back in third under Jonathon Burke for Paul Nolan, while Baidin Fheilimi (14/1) completed the placings a further neck back in fourth under Pierce Gallagher for Patrick Cronin.

Eddie Cawley said afterwards: “We like him. He ran in point-to-point's but he was disappointing.

"His full-brother (Forever Gold) won at Roscommon for me last week. I couldn’t get anything out of him last year, and I would have let him go for very little.

"Once the better ground came around in the spring he started improving. Hopefully he will put together a few wins now.

"He is in again at Kilbeggan on Sunday which is a bit quick, but we will see. We will play it by ear and see how things go."

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.