Easy win for Halley's 'comet'

Owner Rachel Halley struck gold with her first winner at Cork today as appropriately named Easy (7/2) made a taking winning debut in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden.

Trainer by Andy Slattery and ridden by his son, jockey Andrew Slattery, the daughter of Kodiac travelled strongly in the five-furlong race, quickened to lead in the final furlong and won with ears priced, and very easily, from Queen Of Ours

The trainer's brother Brian Slattery stated “she is very exciting, has a couple of fancy entries and has justified our thoughts of her.

“She did that very well and is a big, good looking and good moving filly. She was bought from Shadwell, has a great pedigree and was well bought.

“Rachel Halley, who is married to vet David Halley, is a very lucky owner and that's her first winner. She has an exciting filly on her hands and the way she won there, I'd imagine she will be very desirable for a possible sale.”

Easy was a €48,000 yearling purchase from breeder Shadwell Estate last November, as the stud scaled back operations following the death of owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum the previous March.