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- Etched makes it 3 for Heffernan & O'Brien
Donal Murphy
Etched makes it 3 for Heffernan & O'Brien
Etched and Seamie Heffernan pictured on their way to victory
© Photo Healy Racing
Seamie Heffernan and Aidan O'Brien both completed trebles at Naas, as Etched got off the mark in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
Heffernan and O'Brien combined to score with Leo Minor in the opener, before Heffernan took the second on Haqeeba while O'Brien won the fifth with Whitecliffsofdover (Donnacha O'Brien aboard).
Etched, who was without a win in nine starts before today, was last seen finishing last of five in a Listed contest at Leopardstown last month, and dropping back to maiden company today, she was sent off a 5/2 chance.
Prominent on the outer, she hit the front with less than three furlongs to race, and she kept on well inside the final furlong, going on to score by a length and a half. Alyssum ran well to finish second on her debut, and she was returned a 25/1 chance under Rory Cleary for Jim Bolger.
Fellow newcomer Adieux completed the placings another length back in third under Wayne Lordan for Pat Martin at 40/1. Surprisingly was sent off the 15/8 favourite and she finished a disappointing eighth under Pat Smullen for Dermot Weld.
Seamie Heffernan said afterwards: "She is a well-bred filly and it is good to get a win out of her."
Additional reporting by Alan Magee