Hillhead Runner © Photo Healy Racing
Hillhead Runner (22/1) made all the running and clung on to win the 4-y-o fillies' bumper at Tipperary by a nose.
Unplaced in two previous outings, the daughter of Mahler was unpestered out in front under David Doyle who got his fractions spot-on.
Two lengths ahead when ridden a furlong out, the winner was strongly pressed in the closing stages by 9/4 favourite Shadows Of My Mind but held on by a nose in the colours of Willie Devlin.
Trainer Peter Fahey said: “I suppose she got an easy enough lead in front and she stayed at it.
“When I went down through the form of the race, I thought there wasn’t much pace in it and I was saying to David to jump off and make plenty of use of her.
“She’s probably finished up now and will come back over hurdles next year.”
Quotes from Alan Magee
