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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Wat Ua Doin looks a decent recruit for Smith

Sun 16th May 2021, 14:00

Wat Ua Doin a wide-margin winner in WexfordWat Ua Doin a wide-margin winner in Wexford
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Wat Ua Doin made every yard to come home clear in the opening mares' maiden hurdle at Wexford.

The five-year-old mare was a few lengths in front of the pursuers and Keith Donoghue got a breather into her approaching the home bend as the pursuers closed.

She then cranked up the pressure in the final quarter of a mile and scooted clear two out. She wasn't fluent there but landed clear. She jumped the last awkwardly but was well in command and won eased down by 15 lengths.

The daughter of Dylan Thomas was nicely backed from as big as 13/2 in the morning, to 10/3 on opening show before being returned at 5/2. Butterflyvespiere 2/1 joint favourite, was a remote second, some eight lengths ahead of Diaspora (8/1).

Donoghue said: "I ride a lot of work for Matthew (Smith, trainer) and she had been working well, so we fancied her today. We kept it simple and she won well. We were going to take a lead but nothing was making it and we got an easy lead. She jumped well and did it well.

"She will be one to look forward to when she gets over fences as well. She probably wants a bit nicer ground but she’d go on today’s ground as well.

"I don’t know how strong of a race it was but she gave me a nice feel.”

This was Wat Ua Doin's first start for Matthew Smith after switching from Vincent Ward's yard.

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy

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.