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Two on the bounce for 'party pooper' Shamooda
Shamooda (left) comes with her run as Secruity Breach (centre) leads close home with Fluidity on the farside
© Photo Healy Racing
Johnny Murtagh got Shamooda up on the line to land the Special Rates for Groups Handicap over a mile and four furlongs for her trainer John Oxx.
Sent off at 9/2 the Aga Khan owned filly settled behind the leaders early on and was fifth at the halfway stage.
She was ridden two furlongs out and moved into fourth with a furlong left to race.
She responded well to Murtagh’s urgings and kept on best to just get up on the line and deny Security Breach (10/1), for Chris Hayes and Andrew Oliver, by a nose.
The winning daughter of Azamour beat the strongly fancied 2/9 favourite Time Of My Life into third on her last start at Roscommon and she did the same today as she beat the 5/4 favourite Fluidity who was bidding to follow up on his easy win at Navan on Saturday, into third.
John Oxx wasn't present for the win but his assistant trainer ‘Slim’ O'Neill said afterwards: "She is becoming a bit of a party pooper in these handicaps!
"She is gutsy and we weren’t sure how she would handle the ground. It was all down to the jockey and we will keep her at more of the same now."
Donal Murphy & Michael Graham