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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Brog justifies his short price

Sun 4th Nov 2012, 13:30

Brog Deas (right) jumps the last alongside DanequestBrog Deas (right) jumps the last alongside Danequest
© Photo Healy Racing

The opening race at Cork this afternoon, the Paddy Power Mobile Betting 3yo Maiden Hurdle went to the 2/5 favourite Brog Deas

The Pat Flynn trained gelded son of Arakan was a decent performer on the level and won three times before he made an encouraging debut over hurdles at Thurles last month, when finishing second to Everything Zain.

Despite being sent off at odds-on he was made to work for his victory today by the Austin Leahy trained Danequest

The pair had a good battle from after the second last with Brog Deas getting on top on the run-in to score by a length and three parts.

Danequest had to settle for second under Niall Madden at 6/1 while Hazariban was third at 20/1 under Kevin Sexton for Seamus Fahey a further two and three parts of a length back.

Winning trainer Pat Flynn said afterwards: "That was great. He likes better ground but he did it well. On good to yielding ground he will be a very good horse.

"He is only getting used to hurdles now. The ground will determine where he will go now. If it is goodish he will go to Leopardstown for the Graded Juvenile Hurdle there."

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)

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.