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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Run The Red Light in 50/1 shocker

Sun 10th Aug 2014, 15:29

Run The Red Light and Fran Berry pictured on their way to victoryRun The Red Light and Fran Berry pictured on their way to victory
© Photo Healy Racing

Run The Red Light sprang a 50/1 surprise in the Loder EBF Fillies Race as she scored in convincing style under Fran Berry for owner/trainer Andrew Oliver.

The daughter of Alfred Nobel made little impression on her debut at Galway last week, finishing eighth of twelve behind Legatissimo on good ground.

On soft ground this afternoon (changed from yielding after the first) she soon led and made all, asserting over a furlong out before keeping on strongly close home to score by three and a quarter lengths. Tamadhor was sent off the 2/1 favourite and she kept on to take second under Chris Hayes for Kevin Prendergast while Pour Deux ran a nice race on her debut, finishing a further length back in third under Declan McDonogh for John Oxx at 13/2 (touched 8’s on-course). Toogoodtobetrue who was the 13/8 favourite this morning, drifted from 2/1 to 5/2 on-course and she finished a disappointing seventh for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien.

Andrew Oliver said afterwards: "She's a lovely big, rangy filly and Fran gave her a lovely ride. She came on a heap from Galway.

"She holds an entry in the Debutante Stakes, so we'll have to see about that. She's a filly for next year really."

The winner was bought for €8,000 as a yearling at Tattersalls last September.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
50/1
Tote €18.70 €2.90
2nd
3.25L
2/1Fav
€1.70
3rd
1L
13/2
€2.00
4th
0.75L
8/1
About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.