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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Dancing Meadows shows plenty in Ballinrobe

Tue 24th Jun 2014, 21:16

Dancing Meadows, second left, on her way to victoryDancing Meadows, second left, on her way to victory
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Dancing Meadows may have had a ‘P’ beside her name that put off some punters, but those who knew of her potential must have been delighted to see her win the first of the bumpers on Ballinrobe’s card.

The ‘P’ was as a result of being pulled up on her only outing at Durrow in March on the point-to-point circuit. Significantly though, she was the 6/4 favourite that day.

She was 6/1 this evening and swept throught under Nina Carberry just inside the furlong pole to win going away by two and a quarter lengths. Run Fly Run the uneasy 11/4 favourite from an opening show of 2/1, kept on for second while Rathmuck Native was a head away in third at 25/1.

Gordon Elliott said: “This isn’t a bad filly. I thought she was a certainty in her point-to-point. She went off 6/4 but bled. She was only about 70 per cent fir coming here today and I didn’t think she was fit enough. She’ll come on a lot for it and I think there’s a fair bit of improvement in her.”

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.