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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Prince Of Fire romps home at Maze

Fri 31st Aug 2012, 19:14

Connections of Prince Of Fire at Down RoyalConnections of Prince Of Fire at Down Royal
© Photo Healy Racing

Prince Of Fire stepped up on his return to form at Bellewstown with a comfortable five length success in the two mile Tayto Group Hurdle at Down Royal.

Charlie Swan’s seven-year-old sat behind Distant Memories jumped well and led before two out before powering home to win at 7/1.

Charlie Swan said: “He met every hurdle perfectly today. He wants good ground so went wide and it turned out great.

“He was a bit unlucky in Galway where he was nearly brought down. He’s a gorgeous big horse. He’ll go back over fences. He’s a hard horse to place.”

Distant Memories, after cutting out much of the pace, took the runners-up berth at 11/4 while Spring Hawk came in third at 12/1 in the nine-runner contest.

Prince Of Fire was third at Bellewstown to Passage Vendome a week ago in a two mile one furlong hurdle.

1st
7/1
Tote €5.80 €2.00
2nd
5L
11/4
€1.10
3rd
3L
12/1
€3.20
4th
1.75L
7/1
bf
4.75L
2/1Fav
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.