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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Bridge completes Navan treble for O'Brien

Sun 15th May 2016, 18:02

Immortal Bridge gets back up to beat Magnolia Rose and Successor Immortal Bridge gets back up to beat Magnolia Rose and Successor
© Photo Healy Racing

Aidan O'Brien landed 1m 5f Excelebration Maiden for the sixth year in-a-row, as his Immortal Bridge got up close home to provide his trainer with a treble on the card.

Well-beaten on his first two starts, the son of Fastnet Rock was a closer fifth on his most recent outing at Gowran.

Sent off a 6/1 chance today he was settled behind the leaders by Donnacha O'Brien.

He was ridden in third from three furlongs out, and hit the front at the two furlong pole.

He was headed by newcomer Magnolia Rose with over a furlong to race, but he battled back gamely inside the final furlong, getting up to score by half a length.

Magnolia Rose (14/1 from 5's this morning) had to settle for second under Pat Smullen for Dermot Weld, while the 6/4 favourite Successor was another half a length back in third under Seamie Heffernan for Aidan O'Brien.

Joseph O'Brien said afterwards: "He's very lazy but he stays well.

"He'll probably go for a handicap now. The good ground was probably a help to him being a Fasnet Rock."

Aidan O'Brien was earlier successful with Washington DC and Bondi Beach while he also landed the French 2000 Guineas with The Gurkha.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
6/1
Tote €7.70 €2.10
2nd
0.5L
14/1
€1.90
3rd
0.5L
6/4Fav
€1.02
4th
2.5L
9/1
About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.