Lady Arwen a local success for Barrett

Lady Arwen overcame a wide draw to make a winning handicap debut in the Golf At Gowran Park Handicap at Gowran Park.

Trained locally by James Barrett, the daughter of Postponed kept on strongly to get off the mark at the fourth time of asking.

An unlucky in running second at Sligo last time, she suffered no such traffic problems on this occasion, running out a decisive winner under Luke McAteer.

Winning trainer James Barrett said, “She was unlucky not to win in Sligo. The trip in Sligo was probably a bit short for her but I knew she would come up the hill.

“I always thought she would win a maiden but when we got a mark of 70 I thought we would take advantage of it.

“I think she could develop into a Lincoln filly for next year. She can be a bit gassy early but I think she’ll stay a mile.

“She got hurt here last year. She fractured a shin bone and we left her alone.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee