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- Quarry Lil has bookies on the back foot in opener
Alan Magee
Quarry Lil has bookies on the back foot in opener
Quarry Lil and Eoin O'Brien lead over the last
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Quarry Lil landed a tidy gamble when making most in the opening Kilsheelan Mares Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel.
The Paul O’Flynn-trained mare, winner of a point-to-point at Ballyvodock in February, was as big as 20/1 earlier in the day, and was sent off a 7/1 chance in this nine-runner event over an extended 2m3f.
Eoin O’Brien’s mount kept on well in the straight, and won comfortably by a diminishing three quarters of a length from My Midnight
The runner-up didn’t enjoy the clearest of passages early in the straight and was also inconvenienced by an awkward jump at the last. Caddy Shack was just a neck back in third, while 5/4 favourite The Three Wizards held every chance before weakening to finish fifth.