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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Don Vincenzo springs a surprise in north

Mon 31st Aug 2015, 18:13

Don Vincenzo with Sean Flanagan and Colin BoweDon Vincenzo with Sean Flanagan and Colin Bowe
© Photo Healy Racing

Don Vincenzo surged home to cut down Feel The Air and win the extended two mile five handicap hurdle at Downpatrick by a length and a quarter.

Colin Bowe 's charge was a 14/1 outsider (nibbled at from 16/1) for this seven-runner contest.

He was in third place jumping the last but finished the race off best under Sean Flanagan to collar Feel The Air (7/2) in the closing stages. Hurry Kitty was a further length and a quarter back in third.

Colin Bowe said: "The race was probably run to suit him as they went very slowly. He showed plenty of form early but he lost his form.

"He'll probably go and jump a little fence. He wants a bit of nice ground."

Cheekpieces were fitted on Don Vincenzo for the first time today.

Don Vincenzo's other career victory came in a Limerick maiden hurdle last December.

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.