Park prevails in Downpatrick finale

Get Me To The Park made a winning debut for Willie Mullins and owner Malcolm Denmark in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race at Downpatrick.

Always travelling strongly in the hands of Jody Townend, the five-year-old cruised into the lead off the bottom bend but then had to display real battling qualities to see off the last thrust of The Grey Dove

To her credit, the Mullins trained mare stuck her neck out and just did enough to prevail. It was a promising debut from a mare that will appreciate a sounder surface.

Winning rider Jody Townend said: "She was probably better than it looked as I don't think she actually handled the track, she was a bit all over the place.

"She's by Walk In The Park and can get heated up, but she was good there and found enough.

"She had the pedigree and she was working well at home, so we were quietly confident."

Additional reporting by Michael Graham.