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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Treble for O'Brien as Pocket comes good

Wed 28th Jun 2017, 21:14

Aidan O'Brien pictured with his daughters Ana (centre) and SarahAidan O'Brien pictured with his daughters Ana (centre) and Sarah
© Photo Healy Racing

Pocketfullofdreams completed a treble at Naas for Aidan O'Brien, as she ran out a comfortable winner of the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

O'Brien earlier took the opener with Butterscotch while he was successful in the feature race with Key To My Heart

The latter was ridden by Donnacha O'Brien, and his sister Ana got the leg up on Pocketfullodreams who was sent off the 9/10 favourite (touched 11/10 on-course).

Second on three of her previous seven starts, the daughter of Invincible Spirit made all here, stretching clear with under two furlongs left to race, keeping on well to score by four and three parts of a length. Breeze filled the runner-up spot under Chris Hayes for Fozzy Stack at 7/2 (from 4s), while newcomer Dayereh (12/1) was another two lengths way in third for Mick Halford and Shane Foley.

Ana O’Brien said afterwards: "She's had a few good runs and was entitled to do that. She was a bit below par last time but had a tough race before that at Epsom (in the Oaks)." Goldrush and Belle Boyd who were prominent in the betting in early shows, were both taken out due to the change in going.

STEWARDS REPORT

R.P. Whelan, rider of One Cool Girl trained by D.Broad, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount rolled and caused some interference when tiring in the latter stages of this race.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
9/10Fav
Tote €1.80 €1.02
2nd
4.75L
7/2
€1.60
3rd
2L
12/1
€3.10
4th
0.75L
7/1
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.