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Michael Graham
Go Deimhin delivers a 50/1 upset in Cork
Go Deimhin and David Splaine are too good for their rivals in Cork
© Photo Healy Racing
Training Go Deimhin was “worse than being married to a woman who was nagging you every day” trainer William Hayes quipped after the eight-year-old mare won in Cork at a whopping 50/1.
“We had terrible trouble with her. It was an achievement to win a race with her. We had an awful time of it with her. She gave us ladies troubles and scoped dirty in between races and we never had a clear run with her. It was an amount of frustration,” William Hayes added.
“The win was down to divine and extreme patience although she did win a point-to-point.”
David Splaine brought her with a sustained challenge in the home straight and she stayed on stoutly over the last three obstacles in this two and a half mile mares’ maiden hurdle.
She wore down Texas Rose (10/1) and Divine Steps after popping the last and won by two and a quarter lengths from the former. The latter took third at 33/1, beaten a total of two and three parts of a length. Ourbeautifuldream the well-backed 5/6 favourite, was off the bridle before the home straight in coming in fourth.
Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes