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Could Should Would does
Could Should Would and Chris Hayes hold off Brown Bee and Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing
Could Should Would a big morning price market mover, got the job done on outing number three under Chris Hayes in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Median Auction Fillies Maiden at Galway.
Unfortunately favourite Before Long had to pull up injured early (broke a front leg) and in the end Andy Oliver's Could Should Would (4/1) held on by half a length from the strong finishing Brown Bee
"I'm delighted. She showed a bit of form - she ran well first time out in a conditions race and she got caught out by the lack of pace on her second run.
"It was a bit more straightforward today and everything went well. She probably had to hit the front a wee bit too soon but she won it well and I think she is a smart filly – we've always thought that," disclosed Oliver.
With a view to the future the County Tyrone handler said: "She holds some good engagements but they might come a wee bit too quick now.
"We might look to a stakes race towards the end of the year. There is the CL Weld Stakes and the Silken Glider but she is a filly for next year, she is by Jeremy and her pedigree would suggest that. She is definitely one to look forward to. She seems to be versatile ground wise." (DM & EM)