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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

The Living Beauty off mark in Cork

Sun 5th Apr 2015, 14:24

The Living Beauty winning in CorkThe Living Beauty winning in Cork
© Photo Healy Racing

The Living Beauty made all in the Mallow Maiden Hurdle at Cork to get favourite backers off to a flyer at Cork.

The daughter of Yeats was sent off at 15/8 on the back of a runner-up finish in Navan last month.

In today's assignment over two miles Alan Crowe, sporting the JP McManus silks, sent her to the front from flagfall. A good jump at the second last enabled her to increase her lead over the pursuing pack. The result was never in doubt when the Christy Roche-trained filly slickly negotiated the last.

The winning margin was five lengths to Prince Kup (10/1). The placings were completed by Glance Of Doon at 8s.

Alan Crowe said: "I won races on her mother (Adarma) but she'll do well to live up to that but is a nice mare and jumps well.

"The ground is yielding to soft out there, that's all."

The Living Beauty shed her maiden status at the fourth time of asking.

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

1st
15/8Fav
Tote €3.10 €1.30
2nd
5L
10/1
€1.90
3rd
1.75L
8/1
€1.50
4th
0.75L
20/1
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.