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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Lalipour pops up at 25/1 for Elliott

Tue 23rd Jun 2020, 17:17

Lalipour, far side, gets up to deprive Aasleagh Fawn of victoryLalipour, far side, gets up to deprive Aasleagh Fawn of victory
© Photo Healy Racing

Lalipour (25/1) foiled a punt on the favourite in the second split of the mile and five handicap at Navan.

You couldn't have called him an obvious winner as the field turned for home with Chris Hayes beginning to exert his arms on the gelding who raced in rear.

He began to pick up inside the three, though, and was ridden into fourth at the furlong pole.

The four-year-old gelding kept going along the rail and pounced on Aasleagh Fawn close home to get up by half a length.

The runner-up was the well backed 10/3 favourite and traded as short as 1.01 in the closing stages. Allora Yeats completed the places a further length and a quarter away in third at 16/1.

Gordon Elliott said: “I'd say the track suited him, as it's a big galloping track.

“It's nice to get a winner for James Power, he's a good owner. He's a horse that could go hurdling again.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
25/1
Tote €29.20 €8.10
2nd
0.5L
10/3Fav
€1.80
3rd
1.25L
16/1
€5.20
4th
1L
7/2
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.