O'Brien trip to the beach proves worthwhile Champion jockey Joseph O'Brien partnered his first winner on Laytown strand when Sister Slew took the Marquees Nationwide Claiming Race. The Gordon Elliott-trained mare was sent off 9/4 favourite in the seven furlong contest and tracked the leaders in the early stages. O'Brien sent her to the front going to the two pole and despite running around a touch in front she kept on strongly to post three-length success over Like Magic. “It's something different and it's nice to ride a winner here. Gordon was quite confident she would win today and he was spot on,” said O'Brien. “She travelled away fine and probably got to the front a bit sooner than ideal but my rhythm was taking me there so I had to stay going. “In fairness to her she stuck it out to the line.” O'Brien revealed afterwards that Tramore is the only track that he has yet to partner a winner at in Ireland. Sister Slew was claimed for €5,000 by Martin McManus, while Stoichkhov was reclaimed by connections for same price. (Additional reporting by Alan Magee)
