Stack winners keep on comin

After an encouraging debut fourth placing over the course and distance 26 days back Can’thelpfallin (10/1) came forward nicely to win today’s Fermoy Maiden at Cork.

In the Mrs Paul Shanahan silks, Mark Enright did the steering on the Fozzy Stack-trained runner, and she got the better of Golden Lyric and County Wicklow by three parts of a length and half a length.

The successful Starspangledbanner filly was equipped with a hood for her first start, but she was without that for this afternoon’s assignment, on a much slower surface.

"She did it well and ran a nice race here the last day. She is a fine big filly, has taken a bit of time and hopefully has started to come to herself and is going the right way,” said Stack.

"We used to ride her out in a hood at home last year and she can be a little fractious at home. She wore a hood for the only time this year the last day and was well behaved so we left it off today.

"She will be better going a mile, her mother won over 1m2f.

"Mark rides her a good bit at home, comes in twice a week and it was nice to give him the chance - I had to leave him on it, it's his birthday!"

On Sunday’s Naas debut Group Three winner, Hermena Estrella, Stack reported: "Hermena Estrella came out of the race well, it was a very good performance for her, we'd have been delighted if she finished third. She had been showing us a lot at home.

"We'll see where we're going in the next couple of weeks and she could go to the Curragh on Derby weekend for the Balanchine Airlie Stud Stakes or the Albany (at Royal Ascot).

"She was impressive and is a good filly.

Sarah Verling, rider of La Bella Viva trained by Rodger Sweeney, reported to the Clerk of Scales that her mount was slowly away and hung right.

At the request of the Stewards, , L.F. Roche, rider of South East Star trained by Eoin Doyle, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was keen the last day and consequently was settled today but got tired thereafter.

(TW & EM)