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Glory bags back-to-back wins

 Fly To Glory and Leigh Roche Fly To Glory and Leigh Roche
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Fly To Glory was given a positive front-running ride by Leigh Roche to bag a follow up win in the six-furlong handicap at Dundalk.

Pat Murphy ’s charge did well to get across from his wide draw and bag the early lead.

The 11/2 shot was asked for an effort passing the two furlong pole and despite drifting to his left he soon asserted by a couple of lengths.

The Cotai Glory gelding stayed on well in the closing stages as Velvet Skies stayed on in second, getting within half-a-length.

Fly To Glory had won over seven furlongs on his last visit to the track, the week before Christmas.

Murphy said: "The horse loves the far rail anyway!

"It wasn't the plan (the last day) and I said to Leigh going out 'wherever he wants to go, you just go with him'. He hangs to the far side, but he finds.

"He is happier now than he was, so we are delighted with him. His head went a little bit wrong before, but he is loving it now at the minute. He's a hot horse, he takes a little bit of minding at home. He can kind of overdo things a bit, but we have found the key to him now.

"Hopefully, there is another one in him. He is entered on Friday in a '70' back up over seven (furlongs), so we will see how he comes out of this.

"I'd like to thank the owners, the Bajan Invasion Syndicate, for sticking with him because we knew he had a bit of ability and it is paying dividends now.

"He's going so well here, we will probably give him a break during the summer. He is in all winter and is going a long time."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

1st
11/2
Tote €6.50 €2.40
2nd
0.5L
17/2
€2.60
3rd
1.5L
5/1
€2.10
4th
1L
9/2Fav
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.