Search
Cheltenham 2024
- Main Site
- Cheltenham Home
- Cheltenham Cards
- Cheltenham Results
- Cheltenham Offers
- Cheltenham Odds
- Cheltenham Tips
- Cheltenham News
- Prestbury Cup
- Cheltenham Videos
-
Cheltenham Statistics
- Leading Trainer
- Leading Jockeys
- Leading Owners
- Previous Years
- Previous Appearances
- Breeding Profile of Winners
- Lady Jockeys at The Festival
- Leading Jockey Award Winners
- Most Successful Jockeys of All Time
- Current Jockeys Competing at Cheltenham
- Most Successful Jockey In..
- Leading Trainer Award Winners
- Most Successfull Trainer All Time
- Current Trainers Competing at Cheltenham
- Most Successful Trainer In..
- Cheltenham Trainer/Runner Index
- Desktop Site
Cheltenham 2024
- irishracing.com
- Cheltenham
- News
- Well-bred Luceita scores on debut
Donal Murphy
Well-bred Luceita scores on debut
Luceita (Godolphin blue) is ridden out by Kevin Manning
© Photo Healy Racing
The Jim Bolger trained Luceita put in a smart performance to take the Kildare Brewing Company @Lock 13 Brewpub Maiden on debut.
The daughter of Dawn Approach is a half-sister to Lucida who won at Group 2 level, and went down by just three parts of a length in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket in 2015.
Sent off at 7/1, the chestnut victor was soon toward the head of affairs under Kevin Manning, and was ridden with just under two furlongs to race.
She got to the front inside the final 200 yards, and kept on well from there to score by a length and a half. Rue D'Antibes (33/1) came through to take second under Conor Hoban for John Murphy, while the 5/2 favourite Prepare For Battle was a short head back in third.
Bolger said afterwards: "She was held up with fairly minor issues and hopefully they are all behind her now. She was going away at the finish with her ears pricked and was doing nothing.
"We'll see how she comes out of this, and I'd say she could go anything up to a mile and a quarter. She could possibly stay in training next year."
Additional reporting by Alan Magee