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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Pepperpot sees it out best

Mon 13th May 2013, 20:10

Miss Pepperpot (nearest) & Fever Pitch jump the second last togetherMiss Pepperpot (nearest) & Fever Pitch jump the second last together
© Photo Healy Racing

The Fran Flood trained Miss Pepperpot (7/1) dug deep in the closing stages under Danny Mullins to take the feature race at Killarney this evening, the McSweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase.

The nine-year-old daughter of Winged Love was without a win since November 2011and she was joint bottom weight this evening with Coolnagorna Giggs both carrying just nine stone thirteen pounds.

She was last seen finishing a decent fourth to Carrig Millie in the Grade B Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase at the Punchestown Festival and she was well supported on-course today from an opening show of 10/1.

Prominent throughout she was ridden in third entering the straight and approaching the last it looked as if the 4/1 joint favourite (7/1 last night with Paddy Powers and touched 3/1 on track) Carlingford Lough was going to land the spoils under Mark Walsh.

However Miss Pepperpot dug deep on the run-in and she saw off his challenge, winning by a length at the line.

Carlingford Lough had to settle for second while fellow JP McManus runner Fever Pitch was a further four and a quarter lengths back in third under David Casey for Arthur Moore at 11/2 (backed from 8/1 on-course).

Coolnagorna Giggs was 7/1 overnight with Paddy Powers but opened on track at just 5/1 and was backed into 4/1 joint favouritism at the off.

The Tom Hogan trained gelding was still in contention until he unshipped Mark Enright at the fifth last fence.

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.