O'Farrell & Mullins combine for bumper success

Motown Lady justified 6/4 favouritism in the last at Limerick, the Follow Limerick Races On Twitter Mares (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race.

The Mags Mullins trained four-year-old was beaten by just three parts of a length on her debut at Ballinrobe in August, and was expected to go one place better today.

Sent straight to the front by Katie O'Farrell, the daughter of Milan made all and stretched clear inside the final two furlongs, going on to score easily by nine lengths.

Minnie's Secret finished second at 3/1 (from 4s) under Shauna Larkin for Charles Byrnes, while Hollow Crest (5/1) was a further length and a quarter back in third for James Nash and Katie Walsh.

Mullins said afterwards: "I think she's a lovely mare, a smasher and is a lovely size. Myself and Peter (Magnier) own her and the GS Syndicate, from Dublin, lease her from us. She runs in the Dublin colours and I'm delighted for them.

"We'll see how she is but she could go for a winners' bumper next. I think she's a nice mare and has a lovely page and is from the Chomba Womba family.

"That's Katie's first winner for me - she was second once in the past, and gave her a lovely ride and I was delighted with her."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes