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Alan Magee

Alan Magee

Progressive La Vita Nova appreciates step up in trip

Sun 7th Jul 2024, 16:57

La Vita Nova and Ronan WhelanLa Vita Nova and Ronan Whelan
© Photo Healy Racing

La Vita Nova showed the benefit of her eye-catching debut at Navan last month when taking the Savoy Collection Median Auction Fillies Maiden at Limerick.

The daughter of Gleneagles, trained by Jessica Harrington for William Crager, finished well over ten furlongs on her first outing and relished the extra furlong here.

The 4/1 chance made headway in the straight under Ronan Whelan to lead over a furlong out and kept on well to beat Cancelled by three-quarters of a length. Declaree was a further two lengths back in third.

Whelan said, “She got a lovely introduction the first day and you could see the step up in trip would suit her.

“She loved the ground and was still a bit green when she hit the front.

“She’s really stepped forward from her first run and is a lovely filly. I think those better races where they go along might suit her.

“It’s great to get that winning bracket for her and Jessie and the team will decide where she goes next.”

1st
4/1
Tote €5.00 €1.30
2nd
0.75L
17/2
€1.70
3rd
2L
7/2
€1.20
4th
0.5L
12/1
bf
1.75L
6/4Fav
About Alan Magee
Alan has worked in the racing industry for well over 30 years including with the Sporting Life, Turform and Irish Racing Services. He took up his current role as Irish Racing Team Leader with the Press Association in 2013. He has a keen interest in most sports and plays golf.