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- O'Brien hits Naas treble through Curly
Michael Graham
O'Brien hits Naas treble through Curly
Curly strides home
© Photo Healy Racing
Curly powered away from the field to take the Listed finale in Naas and gave Aidan O'Brien a treble on the card.
She tanked along for Seamie Heffernan and put daylight between herself and her rivals in the final quarter of a mile. The race was over passing the furlong pole as she won well by two and a quarter lengths at 5/1.
"We're delighted. She had some good runs and Seamus gave her a great ride,” Aidan O'Brien said after this mile and a half contest.
“She's a Galileo and she just kept going. I'm delighted she's won a stakes race, she deserved it. She had some good runs in Group races.
“She's entitled to win a Listed race off her rating.
“She'll go to stud now.”
O'Brien earlier scored with San Andreas and Sarrocchi (also ridden by Heffernan).
Additional reporting by Gary Carson