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- Hurricane Helen blows rivals away on the sand
Alan Magee
Hurricane Helen blows rivals away on the sand
Hurricane Helen and Colin Keane with winning connections
© Photo Healy Racing
Hurricane Helen recorded her second win at Dundalk since joining Chris Timmons this winter when taking the McCandless Komatsu Handicap.
Colin Keane, who was also aboard when the Gutaifan mare won here in December, employed patient tactics before making some headway towards the far side early in the straight.
The 6/1 (from 8/1) shot steadily edged right to lead inside the final 150 yards and kept on well to beat Suityourselfboss by a length and a half. River Derwent was three quarters of a length further away in third.
Timmons said, "She loves it up here, she likes that surface.
"She was a little bit unlucky the last day, she just kind of got stopped at a bad time. Robert (Whearty) felt if he had got a clearer run, he would have got there. Look that's racing, you need luck around here.
"Colin was happy with her, he thought she travelled around well and picked up well. We've had a lot of luck with Colin.
"She probably needs a smoother run through her race, she didn't get stopped at all and went up the inner.
"There's not really a race for her on All-Weather Finals Day at Lingfield - there's only a seven-furlong race she could run in there and it might be a bit sharp for her, but we'll sit down and give it some thought."
Quotes by Michael Graham