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- Nelson sails clear in Curragh feature
Nelson sails clear in Curragh feature
Viscount Nelson landed the odds with the minimum of fuss in the featured Donate to KARE at www.kare.ie Silver Stakes to complete a double on the evening for Aidan O'Brien and Colm O'Donoghue.
O'Donoghue, successful earlier aboard Vault in the two-year-old maiden, always had things under control on the 4/5 favourite in this Listed event as he tracked main market rival Bob Le Beau (7/4).
The son of Giant's Causeway, a close-up third in the Coral-Eclipse last year, cruised up to challenge over a furlong out and quickened clear to beat Bob Le Beau by three and a half lengths. Waydownsouth (20/1) was another two lengths back in third.
O'Donoghue said: “He looked the one beforehand on ratings and on form and he did it well. He was always travelling nicely, and hopefully its onwards and upwards from here.”
Alan Magee