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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Secret about Private Treasure is out

Sun 7th Apr 2013, 18:42

Private Treasure gallops to victory at LimerickPrivate Treasure gallops to victory at Limerick
© Photo Healy Racing

Private Treasure stepped up on his debut second to Le Vent d’Antan when scoring in Limerick’s Listed bumper.

The four-year-old son of Montjeu was surprisingly easy to back at 5/1 having opened at 7/2 at the track.

He had been beaten six lengths at Leopardstown by the highly-touted Le Vent d’Antan, but today he went to the front before the home straight and galloped on well in the final two furlongs. Western Boy (18/1 from 33/1) made eye-catching progress to chase the winner and was only half a length down at the line. Grecian Tiger 4/5 favourite for Dermot Weld and Patrick Mullins, could make no impression in the last furlong and had to settle for third.

Paul Nolan trains Private Treasure and said: “Josh (Halley) said he settled a bit better today and it was a nice consistent pace.

“He jumps well and we’ll campaign him over hurdles in the summer, but we’ll wait for the new season.

“He’s very well bred and is a full brother to Frozen Fire and hopefully he’ll pick up a few races in the summer.”

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.