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Michael Graham
Lady Ultra tops off Lavery's weekend
Lady Ultra and Rory Cleary heading for home at the Curragh
© Photo Healy Racing
A valuable nursery at the Curragh isn’t a bad race to have your first training success in, and that’s exactly what Sheila Lavery did with Lady Ultra (9/4).
The filly, sporting a hood, made all over six furlongs with Rory Cleary in the plate and was never headed in coming home three and a half lengths clear of Candy Apples (5/2). Fly To The Moon was all the rage with punters, as she was 3/1 this morning and 7/4 on opening show before being returned at 5/4 favourite. She didn’t get competitive in third, a short head out of second.
Sheila Lavery said: “That caps off a fantastic weekend [owns Viztoria who was trained by Eddie Lynam to win the Group 2 Park Stakes at the Curragh yesterday].
“She’s always shown speed, but was just a bit hot. Will Hayes has done a great job in the stalls with her.
“We have lots of the family. I mustn’t be good at selling as like Viztoria she went to the sales and didn’t sell. We may look at a campaign at Dundalk as she likes top of the ground.”
Lavery trains in Summerhill, Co Meath.
Additional reporting by Alan Magee