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A Step Too Far (IRE)
b f 6th Apr 2016
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A Step Too Far (IRE) b f 6th Apr 2016
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Sep 2017
September Yearling Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Glenvale Stud
Purchaser: DBS Bloodstock
€20,000
Lots Sold: 401
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Avg: €28,556
Median: €23,000
Maximum: €230,000
Reports in which A Step Too Far (IRE) was mentioned
A Step Too Far failed in her bid for a 7th success in a row, finishing towards the rear, as Arcanears took the feature at Dundalk, the Scarefest Competition On Instagram Handicap.
Fri 30th Oct
A Step Too Far continued to leave the handicapper scratching his head as she made it six victories in a row in the valuable Joe McGrath Premier Handicap.
Sun 27th Sep
A Step Too Far continued her amazing progression in sprint handicaps this season by landing her fifth successive race in the featured Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap at Cork.
Wed 16th Sep
Adam Farragher rode the first double of his career at Navan this afternoon with the 49/1 brace completed by Lady De Vesci in the Gormanlough Apprentice Handicap.
Sat 05th Sep
A Step Too Far continued her remarkable run with a gutsy success in the featured Troytown Bar Handicap at Navan this afternoon.
Sat 05th Sep
The 5/4 favourite A Step Too Far made light of a 6lbs penalty for yesterday’s course and distance victory when again making all in the www.ratoathvets.ie Handicap.
Thu 27th Aug
Colin Keane had an evening to remember at Bellewstown, with Jeff Kidder completing a first four-timer for the former champion jockey in the concluding second divide of the Clean My Office By www.outsourcesupport.ie Handicap.
Wed 26th Aug
Misty Millie completed a treble at Bellewstown for Colin Keane, as she took the first divide of the Clean My Office By www.outsourcesupport.ie Handicap.
Wed 26th Aug
A Step Too Far followed-up on her win at Naas last month as she claimed the Fast Shipping Hill Sprint Handicap, completing a double on the card for Colin Keane (earlier successful on Ecliptical).
Wed 26th Aug
Kieran Cotter is a dab hand with sprinters and A Step Too Far (9/2 jt-fav) was another winner for him in the Facilit8 Property Maintenance Handicap over 5f.
Wed 22nd Jul
Trainer Andrew Kinsella was no stranger to the winners’ enclosure in the ‘noughties’ (ten winners in his best season 2008) but has kept a lower profile in more recent times.
Fri 19th Jun
Pretty Smart (10/1) overcame a wide draw, and running freely, to score in the six-furlong handicap at Dundalk.
Fri 25th Oct
Michael Halford struck with a winner on his 57th birthday as Shane Foley completed a Leopardstown double on the Zhang Yuesheng-owned Libras Power (16/1) in the concluding Leopardstown Members Handicap.
Thu 06th Jun
Syrena finally made the breakthrough on her thirteenth start, as she just held on to claim the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Fillies Maiden.
Wed 24th Apr
After race at
Curragh Sun, 27th Sep, 2020 (1st)
This was the long-term target up to six weeks ago. She’s answered every call and there’s nothing I can say about her now. She’s just incredibly tough. She was (rated) 48 when she started off and has just got better and better. We do nothing with her at home between races. You just couldn’t because if you put a saddle on her she just wants to go one hundred miles an hour. She keeps herself fit and we just try and keep a lid on her as much as possible and do her running on the track. We put the cheekpieces on today because she idled a small bit in Cork over the six and we said to Adam to just let her roll. She always seems to have another bit even at the line she’s not finished. We’re looking at the Mercury Stakes at Dundalk over five now as a possibility.
Kieran P Cotter
After race at
Cork Wed, 16th Sep, 2020 (1st)
Five-in-a-row, not even the great Kerry team did that!. She has been unbelievable and we thought we were near the bottom of the well today but she ground it out and I still can't believe it. I thought Adam gave her an unbelievable ride, she relaxed under him and when they headed her, he didn't go for her until he really had to. It was a super ride and she is a super horse. I was in Dundalk when she first ran at Dundalk and finished fourth and the horses around her were all rated in the 80s. Things didn't work out for her after that and maybe a change of yard has helped her come back to herself. Usually we get a horse and try to get them to adapt to our way of training but we had to adapt to her and have found the key to her now. I don't know how far she can go but long-term we're looking at next year with her. We'll give her an entry in the Joe McGrath Handicap in ten days time and will see.
Kieran P Cotter
After race at
Navan Sat, 5th Sep, 2020 (1st)
The dream continues! We actually believed she could win today. She has so much raw speed that horses have to work hard to get to her,. She had eight stone on her back and on the climb in the last two furlongs it just told today. We were standing beside the handicapper there and he just started laughing! So I don't know what he's going to do to us now. Four in a row in this country is a big achievement. Since we started leading her down to the start she hasn't been boiling over. We train her a bit different now because she's just wired at home. We have a handle on her. Four weeks ago we had an eye on the Joe McGrath towards the end of the month so she'd be entitled to go and have a crack there. We've had great fun with her. That was a fair step up today but she just has so much raw pace that she's able to tank along. She has a high cruising speed and other horses have to struggle to get to her, especially in a sprint. It seems to have fallen that way that we've got sprinters. We haven't had any mile or mile-and-a-half horses. They just haven't been sent to us, it'll happen some day.
Kieran P Cotter
After race at
Bellewstown Wed, 26th Aug, 2020 (1st)
We were in two minds whether to turn out tomorrow but we surely will now. She put up a good performance there. I was just a bit afraid of the ground but I walked it earlier and didn't think it was too bad. If it was good ground they wouldn't see which way she went here as she has a load of boot.
Kieran P Cotter
After race at
Naas Wed, 22nd Jul, 2020 (1st)
We're delighted to get a winning bracket with her. Sinead and Dermot Dunne that own her are very enthusiastic owners and have the mare so they wanted to get a winning bracket into her. They'll be delighted with that, she won well and hopefully we can pick up another one with her. She's very hard on herself, and always has been. She's a little bit difficult to train but we've got the handle on her now. We let her out and let her run. She'll run in all those fast fives now. She's improving all the time. Her dam was placed in a Listed race at four, she didn't get going until then, so maybe she'll keep improving.
Kieran P Cotter
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