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AMERICA WINS FOR O´BRIEN

Aidan O´Brien had mixed fortunes in the two juvenile races at Tipperary, being successful with Born In America but suffering an odds-on reversal with Fantasticat.

The Ballydoyle trainer sent out his 12th individual two-year-old winner of the season when Born In America landed the odds in the five furlongs maiden. However Colm O´Donoghue was made to work hard on the Danzig colt as main market rival Solved responded gamely under pressure from the furlong pole and was only headed inside the final 50 yards.

´He´s got loads of pace and will be a lovely horse next year,´ said O´Donoghue, while Solved´s trainer Pat Doyle commented, ´I was thinking of going for the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood beforehand and he could still go there.´

Fantasticat (4/7 to 2/5) was backed as if defeat was out of the question in the seven furlongs maiden. However Pat Cosgrave´s mount could find no extra as the Jim Bolger-trained Danticat was produced between horses by Kevin Manning in the final furlong to beat newcomer Castledale by a length with the hot-pot a neck further back in third.

´He could be a slow learner, like his full-sister Atomic Cat who ran four times before winning, and we will try to upgrade him,´ said Bolger, who reports his Oaks runner Snippets ´in good form, any better and she´d be dangerous. I hope she can at least win the 40,000 euro that she cost to supplement.´

Alan Magee

About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.