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Monarch shows his class

Sat 10th Sep 2011, 18:13

Trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Seamie Heffernan completed a double in the concluding Loughwood Fencing EBF Maiden at The Curragh today with newcomer Imperial Monarch

The son of Galileo stayed on strongly inside the final furlong for an impressive win over Azamata

Afterwards Heffernan said “Imperial Monarch has a lovely pedigree and has been working like he was ready to run. Usually some of ours can be a bit green but he wasn’t.”

Thomas Weekes

Loughwood Fencing (C & G) EBF M'dn €15,000.00 1m

1st

Imperial Monarch (IRE) (16)

6/1

Tote €9.20 €2.90

2nd

3.5L

Azamata (IRE) (17)

9/2

€2.30

3rd

2.75L

Handazan (IRE) (18)

5/1

€2.20

4th

2.25L

Optimist (IRE) (19)

33/1

bf

nk

Wimpole Street (IRE) (13)

11/4Fav

Ireland Jockeys Trainers Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien

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