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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Cabin made to work for maiden win

Fri 27th Jul 2012, 19:30

Cabin came through in the centre to scoreCabin came through in the centre to score
© Photo Healy Racing

The 4/6 favourite Cabin was made to work hard to claim victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

Ridden by Seamie Heffernan for his boss Aidan O’Brien, the daughter of Galileo race in third in the early stages before being pushed along as they entered the straight.

She responded well to pressure and despite swishing her tail she came between both Hayloft and Furacano and kept on best to score by half a length at the line.

Hayloft finished second at 2/1 for Mick Halford and Shane Foley while the Tracey Collins trained Furacano put in an eye-catching run to finish a further half a length back in third under Michael Hussey at 20/1.

Winning rider Seamie Heffernan said afterwards, when asked about her tail swishing antics: "She hasn't run for a while and I'd say she was just very fresh."

He added: "I’m just delighted to have a winner, it’s only my seventh of the season".

The winner was having her third career start this evening having finished a close second to Epsom Oaks winner Was on her debut at the Curragh last August before disappointing on her second start, finishing eighth behind Ronans Bay at Fairyhouse last September.

1st
4/6Fav
Tote €1.50 €1.02
2nd
0.5L
2/1
€1.10
3rd
0.5L
20/1
€3.20
4th
3.25L
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.