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Nova another for Wachman

Nova and Billy Lee are clear from Pictogram and Pat SmullenNova and Billy Lee are clear from Pictogram and Pat Smullen
© Photo Healy Racing

David Wachman trained his third winner of the Festival at Galway, and the Longfield Stud operator got a boost ahead of Legatissimo's Nassau Stakes bid at Goodwood tomorrow, when Nova took the Guinness European Breeders Fund Maiden under Billy Lee.

On start number three and equipped with a visor for the first time, 4/1 chance made all and he kept up the gallop for a four and a three parts of a length win over Pictogram

"I would have been happy to take a lead but he jumped well and I left him alone. He travelled well all the way and I got a little chance at the top of the hill and I just gave him a squeeze and he just gallops - he's a fierce genuine horse," reported Lee.

"He didn't mind the ground but he would want it better and I was happy with that.

"It was a good win - he had the bit of experience from the two runs - he won well."

(TW & EM)

1st
4/1
Tote €5.00 €1.30
2nd
4.75L
5/2Fav
€1.20
3rd
2L
20/1
€2.70
4th
4.75L
3/1