UK-based Stott wins Buckley Memorial Maiden

UK-based Kevin Stott partnered a winner on his only, and first ever, ride at Dundalk today, landing the Willie Buckley Memorial Maiden on Ecurie Ama Zing Team's Cow Chico (1/3f), for trainer Joseph O'Brien.

Stott's biggest success of 2023 came on Bucanero Fuerte, for former employer Amo Racing, in the Curragh's Group 1 Phoenix Stakes and today had little difficulty steering Cow Chico to a 3.25 lengths win over Street Mentor

Kevin Stott, running for a 8.50pm flight from Dublin, reported “everything went to plan, he quickened up really nicely from the three (pole) and hit the line good. Obviously, with a little bit of company I'm sure he would stretch a little bit further.

"He did it nicely and hopefully is a progressing colt going forward. He loved the surface."

Today's race is run in memory of Willie Buckley, who passed away suddenly while an employee of the IHRB's security department at the course in March 2019.

Quotes from Michael Graham