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- Deserved win for odds-on Zunera
Donal Murphy
Deserved win for odds-on Zunera
Zunera is driven out by Shane Foley to beat Coto and Shane Kelly
© Photo Healy Racing
After a string of seconds Zunera got a deserved win to her name as she took the Glebe House Stud Handicap under Shane Foley for Mick Halford.
Sent off the 9/10 favourite (from evens) the daughter of Invincible Spirit was a close second in the early stages before being pushed along to dispute over a furlong out.
She soon hit the front and despite swishing her tail she kept on well in the closing stages to score by a length and a half. Coto (10/3 to 11/4 on-course) finished second under Shane Kelly for Matty Tynan
Mick Halford said afterwards: "She deserved to get her head in front as she has produced a few good efforts recently.
"Jumping the road won it for her! A bit of schooling never goes astray.
"They went hard and the two of them were taking each other on. Five is a shade tight for her but she doesn't quite get six as she's been caught late on a few times.
"She's a winner at two and three now. She's an Invincible Spirit filly and will be a nice filly for the paddocks."
Additional reporting by Gary Carson