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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

You Can't Catch Me lives up to his name

Mon 26th Aug 2013, 18:25

Adrienne Foley rider of You Can't Catch MeAdrienne Foley rider of You Can't Catch Me
© Photo Healy Racing

You Can’t Catch Me lived up to his name as he made all to take the bumper at Downpatrick, the Meagan Green Miss Northern Ireland Ladies Flat Race.

Trained by Kieran Purcell and ridden by Adrienne Foley, the four-year-old son of Catcher In The Rye had the beating of Waylander on his last run at Tramore, but surprisingly that one went off at just 3/1, compared to the winners starting price of 7/1.

After making all the early running, travelled best two furlongs out and he was ridden over a furlong from home, keeping on well under pressure to score by a length and three parts.

Waylander finished back in second under Jane Mangan for Eoin Doyle at 3/1, while Old Castletown who was sent off the 8/11 favourite, could only manage a disappointing third, fifteen lengths back under Katie Walsh for her father Ted.

Kieran Purcell said afterwards: "He is a tough little horse. We have been riding him the wrong way in behind, he needs to be ridden from the front.

"There could be another one in him as he didn’t have a hard race there.

"We will go for a winners bumper in Galway but it has to be good ground.

"He is owned by my granddaughter Elaine."

Additional reporting by Michael Graham

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.