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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Bridge Of Dawn 'rails' well in Navan

Wed 19th Oct 2022, 16:17

Bridge Of Dawn avails of the far railBridge Of Dawn avails of the far rail
© Photo Healy Racing

Jim Bolger 's Bridge Of Dawn may have been the 66/1 outsider for the 1m2f handicap for three-year-olds at Navan, but it proved no impediment to him making the best way home.

The son of Dawn Approach has been unplaced in three juvenile maidens and was returning off a break of over a year. This was his first venture into handicap company and he had been gelded since his last run.

He was always close to the action and led on his own half a mile from home. Manning kept him to the far rail in the straight and the pair boxed on well. Allihies (7/1) looked a danger on the run to the final furlong and he kept cutting into the deficit on the uphill climb for home.

Bridge Of Dawn had enough in the tank to repel him by half a length, though. Vina Sena was a further three and a half lengths back in third at 7/1.

Manning said: “There has been no racing on that (far) side and it is fresh ground over there. He handled the ground real well and enjoyed it.

“It’s his first run since being gelded. He was a weak individual last year and he’s still a bit raw. He’s a big, angular horse and will keep strengthening up.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
66/1
Tote €67.00 €7.10
2nd
0.5L
7/1
€2.60
3rd
3.5L
8/1
€2.60
4th
hd
6/1
bf
1L
7/4Fav
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.