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![Alan Magee](/photos/alanmagee2.jpg)
Alan Magee
Important win for Star
A Star Is Born (left) beats Al Murqab, with Diamond Daze in third
© Photo Healy Racing
The drop back to a mile proved just the ticket for A Star Is Born (7/1) as the well-bred Galileo filly gained a valuable winning bracket in the concluding maiden at Cork.
A full-sister to none less than multiple Group 1 winner Rip Van Winkle, she has been campaigned recently over a mile and a half but rallied strongly in the closing stages here to open her account.
Seamie Heffernan was seen at his strongest on the Ballydoyle-trained filly, staying on best in the closing stages to get the better of well-backed 5/2 chance Al Murqab by a neck. Diamond Daze (12/1) was another length and a half back in third.
Heffernan said, “She shows us more at home but is late maturing and has quite a keen way of going.”
Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
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