Latino is Magic in McDonogh Latino Magic, trained by Robbie Osborne for his mother Joan and ridden by Robbie Burke, sprinted clear inside the final furlong for an impressive victory in the featured McDonogh EBF Handicap at Galway this evening.The whole complexion of the extended mile event changed off the final turn as the front-running Sheer Tenby drifted left and carried Charmed Forest with him.This left a big gap for Latino Magic to run into, and the five-year-old quickened up well for Burke to beat Camargue by two and a half lengths with first reserve Absolute Image three quarters of a length back in third.´I bought him as a yearling and he´s not only put me on the map but kept me on the map,´ said Osborne, enjoying his biggest success since taking out a licence five years ago.´He´s a pleasure to train, an absolute gentleman and is all heart and guts. He´s been dropped 6lb since running in Dubai earlier this year but I haven´t been disappointed with the way he´s run.´Burke was recording his second win in this race having partnered Mudarris for Kevin Prendergast 15 years ago, and Osborne was full of praise for the former dual Macau champion afterwards.´Robbie gets on really well with this horse. For whatever reason he´s fallen a bit out of fashion in recent years but I know from working at home what a good rider and horseman he is.´Sheer Tenby´s rider Michael Cleere was given a two days suspension for careless riding, while Brian Hughes was handed a three days ban for a similar offence aboard Miss Trish (eighth).The glorious sunshine again proved a winner with punters as a record Tuesday evening crowd of 24,756, up nearly 1,500 on last year, continued the upward trend set here yesterday.
