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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Ted makes light work of his rivals

Wed 30th Sep 2020, 16:40

Young Ted and Sean Flanagan sail over the lastYoung Ted and Sean Flanagan sail over the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Young Ted made light work of his eleven rivals in the Kaizen Brand Evolution Maiden Hurdle.

Second in a Grade B handicap hurdle at the Punchestown Festival in 2019, the Noel Meade trained gelding was expected to make the breakthrough over flights this afternoon and was sent off the clear market leader at 30/100.

A beaten favourite on his last two starts, the son of Fame And Glory stepped back up in trip to three miles today and was settled behind the leaders by Sean Flanagan.

He swept through to lead at the second last and was soon in command, going on to record a facile eleven length success. Gibberwell (28/1) finished second under Sean O'Keeffe for Brian Jordan, while Criq Rock (12/1) was a length and a half back in third.

Meade said afterwards: "He's done well with a break. He'd a few little issues last year and it just took him a while to get over them.

"He did promise to be a good horse when he was younger and hopefully he'll come back. He stays very, very well and I'd say he needs three miles."

STEWARDS REPORT

D.J. O'Keeffe, rider of Bigly trained by David Harry Kelly, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount made a bad mistake at the second last.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
30/100Fav
Tote €1.20 €1.02
2nd
11L
22/1
€5.30
3rd
1.5L
12/1
€2.80
About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.