Molloy back in winners enclosure with Escape

Quiet Escape found plenty up the hill to land the concluding bumper at Downpatrick for Mark Molloy and Jody Townend.

The Getaway filly was making her first outing for the Thurles-based handler having shown promise in three outings for Colm Murphy.

She was backed from 13/2 into 4/1 this afternoon and was settled behind the leaders in the two-mile-two contest before taking closer order six furlongs from home.

Townend sent her mount to the front five furlongs out and she was tackled by newcomer Another Choice passing the two pole.

Quiet Escape responded gamely and was always holding that rival late on as she recorded a length-and-a-quarter win.

Molloy said: "She was very game. I hadn't my licence and she went down to Colm and he always loved her like I did.

"It didn't really happen. Obviously this was a weaker sort of contest and she probably ran up to what she did (when fourth) in Clonmel I'd say.

"I had taken out my licence in the meantime and I have one other horse in training, another moderate mare so I said we might as well have two of them and try and do something with them!

"My last winner was here six years ago, a mare called Autumn Shades. I normally train to sell before they run, it is point-to-pointers.

"She will probably go hurdling. She is from a super family and I actually trained her grandmother."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)