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That was grand. She's still a bit timid and when I saw the one coming on the outside I thought 'this is what we wanted',. The plan was to attack wide and late and let her do it without frightening her. There is still a lot of growing to do mentally and anything else. She did a lot of growing from two to three and it's only in the last month she started showing us the ability that she showed at two. She'll go up to a mile now and by the end of the year she'll be running over a mile-and-a-quarter. She won't run on that ground again, she's a Starspangledbanner, and she needs a bit of juice. It's beautiful ground out there but it's still too quick for her. She won the race by pure ability and the further she went the better she was. I'd say there is a lot of improvement in her as she's very much a work in progress. The first furlong going to the start she was, as Colin said, tasty and he did very well to get her back. It could all have been lost there. It's a good start to the day. I'm delighted for the owners Rick and Catriona Gaynor, who are from Trim but live in America. They go back to America next week for the summer so it's great to get the winner while they are here. G M Lyons, trainer

For three years old and upwards, maidens at starting
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