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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Seattle Creek in full flow for Maguire

Thu 11th Jul 2024, 20:50

Seattle Creek engages top gearSeattle Creek engages top gear
© Photo Healy Racing

Seattle Creek (14/1) thundered home to win the concluding Leopardstown Members (Q.R.) Race in the hands of Finny Maguire.

This was certainly a drop in class for the son of Harzand who was beaten three and a-half lengths into sixth in a German Group 2 in May.

His sole previous victory came over 1m4f at Dundalk in January 2022.

Maguire was in a pocket on the rail, but once he got running room in the final furlong he stayed on strongly to collar The Names Jock (9/2) close home. Sixandahalf the 3/1 favourite, was a length back in third.

Assistant trainer Jim Gorman said: “Finian was great on him, very strong. The horse had a good run in Berlin, he was only beaten three-and-a-half lengths in a Group 2.

“He came back out of that in top order and he was in top order for today.

“It was a nice race, some nice horses in it, and he showed a little bit of class. He quickened well and he got a superb ride.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
14/1
Tote €15.40 €4.20
2nd
0.5L
9/2
€1.50
3rd
1L
3/1Fav
€1.40
4th
shd
11/2
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.