Its Not Over Yet and Phillip Enright© Photo Healy Racing
Its Not Over Yet completed a 41/1 double for Oliver McKiernan and Philip Enright, as she ran out an easy winner of the Image Furnishings Handicap Hurdle.
Bidding to follow-up on her breakthrough success at Tipperary in July, the Califet five-year-old was sent off a 6/1 chance.
Settled in mid-division on the outer, the 93-rated bay took closer order from four out and improved to dispute the lead before the next.
Gaining an outright advantage on the run to the penultimate obstacle, she readily went clear approaching the last, eventually coming home five lengths to the good.
Returned at 14/1, Sarah Beara was best of the rest, with Positive Thinker (11/2) another five and a half lengths away in third.
Shane Broderick's Sphagnum was the 4/1 favourite and he finished a disappointing eighth.
"She's a great little filly. She won in Tipperary the last day over three miles and it took three miles to get her to win," McKiernan, who was earlier successful with Warmer Days Ahead commented.
"The race maybe cut up a bit but she has improved since the last race, that's the way it looked to me.
"She came round the bend very strong and coming up the straight she was going the best I've ever seen her go. I was delighted with her.
"She's handy enough, 16 hands, but she has good scope. She's out of a half-sister to Gallant John Joe, who was a good horse for me.
"I'm mad happy about it. Funnily enough we don't have many mares, I had a few of them early on in life and didn't seem to click too well with them."
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
