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Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Sparkle provides plenty of joy for Harrington/O'Donoghue

Sat 7th Jul 2018, 15:58

Sparkle'n'joy pictured with Colm O'Donoghue and the It's All About The Girls Syndicate Sparkle'n'joy pictured with Colm O'Donoghue and the It's All About The Girls Syndicate
© Photo Healy Racing

Sparkle’n’joy confirmed the promise of her two previous outings when taking the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden at Naas.

The Jessica Harrington-trained filly was sent off an uneasy 7/4 favourite but was prominent throughout before asserting well inside the final furlong.

The daughter of Sepoy stayed on well in the closing stages for Colm O’Donoghue to score by two and three quarter lengths. Lord Rapscallion an unconsidered 33/1 chance, finished well to take the runner-up spot, with Sakura another half-length away in third.

O’Donoghue said, “She’s done it well and had two nice runs under her belt. She had the experience coming into an Auction Maiden and hopefully she’ll come on again.

“Jessie hasn’t done too much with her since her last two runs. She has plenty of early pace and we can sharpen her up so that she can quicken off it.”

1st
7/4Fav
Tote €2.00 €1.10
2nd
2.75L
33/1
€13.30
3rd
0.5L
9/2
€1.80
4th
nose
25/1
About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.