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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Its All Guesswork gets the job done

Sun 23rd Sep 2018, 16:57

Its All Guesswork and Davy Russell pictured on their way to victoryIts All Guesswork and Davy Russell pictured on their way to victory
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Its All Guesswork made the breakthrough on his fourth try over fences, as he ran out a comfortable winner of the Emerald Facility Services Beginners Chase.

Placed on his last three starts, the Gordon Elliott trained six-year-old was expected to score this afternoon, going off the 4/5 favourite in the colours of owner Philip Reynolds.

Settled behind the leaders, the successful son of Mahler jumped into a share of the lead at the seventh, and held a definite advantage from the fourth last.

He soon went clear, and kept up the gallop in the home straight, going on to score easily by six and a half lengths.

The Colin Bowe trained Rueben James (20/1) ran a nice race to take second under Bryan Cooper, while Ah Littleluck was another length back in third.

Elliott said afterwards: "He was entitled to win on the run in Listowel, and Davy said he's a different horse on that ground.

"He's a top of the ground horse, and we might take him over to England or Scotland."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.