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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Square gets off the mark over flights

Thu 13th Aug 2015, 19:57

St Peter's Square clears the last under Mark WalshSt Peter's Square clears the last under Mark Walsh
© Photo Healy Racing

The Eoin Doyle trained St Peter's Square got off the mark on his ninth start over flights as he took an incident packed Michael Guiry Auctioneers Maiden Hurdle. Solent Lad lost considerable ground at the start while Annadiamond (9/4) and Le Troisieme Gris both fell at the fourth. Glance Of Doon (14/1) was hampered by the fallers and she unseated.

St Peter's Square avoided the carnage and was settled in mid-division by Mark Walsh.

He was ridden in third after two out and hit the front before the last, keeping on well to score by five lengths. Racing Again ran a fine race to finish second at 20/1 under Brian O'Connell for Con O'Keeffe while Crown Pleasure (10/3) was a further length and a quarter back in third under Andrew Lynch for Tom McCourt.

The winning son of Danehill Dancer opened at 11/4 on-course before going off the 2/1 favourite.

Eoin Doyle said afterwards: "I've had more seconds the last while I thought I'd never get a winner. He won anyway and we might have got a bit of luck with the few fallers.

"He is a little bit of a timebomb as he wouldn't come down the hill but once he met the rising ground he picked up well.

"He ran well on the flat at Killarney when fourth to Modem so he might go for a 0-65 on the flat somewhere.

"He might go to the sales in Doncaster, he is a winner now anyway.

"He is entered again here (on Saturday) but Mark said he just didn't handle the track even though he won. We will see though, we are only down the road from here and we have nothing to lose.

"His owners (the B.A Syndicate) are from Wexford and Kilkenny."

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.