Aurifodina causes upset for Bolger & McAteer

Handicap debutante Aurifodina caused a 22/1 upset to win the Gain The Advantage Series Nursery at Naas today, scoring for trainer Jim Bolger, owner Jackie Bolger and jockey Luke McAteer.

Held up in rear-division, the daughter of Vocalised quickened well on the outer in the straight, to lead inside the final furlong and beat Malbay Madness which met some traffic in the home straight, by a neck.

Afterwards Bolger's travelling head man Ger Flynn said “she ran well the last day in Galway but got a little outpaced coming up the hill and got shuffled back - she was coming home really well.

“Today there was plenty of pace in the race and Luke just bided his time. He came up the outside where all the winners seem to be coming from today.

“She stayed on really well and got up where it mattered on the line. Hopefully we can find something similar for her again. She's a big tall filly and she's going to fill out into a nice big three-year-old filly next year. Hopefully it's onwards and upwards for her.”

Quotes from Gary Carson