Alaroos provides Prendergast with first winner of the season Alaroos provided Kevin Prendergast with his first winner of the season, as she deservedly made the breakthrough in the opener at Tramore, the James Shanahan Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Maiden. Placed on three of her previous six starts and a close third at Galway most recently, the daughter of Golden Horn certainly wasn't winning out of turn, going off a well-supported 7/4 second favourite (touched 3/1 early). Settled behind the leaders and fourth with a circuit to race, the bay victor was pushed to challenge on the outer over a furlong from home. She got to the front inside the final 100 yards, going on to score comfortably by a length-and-three-quarters. River Rain (10/11f) finished second under Mikey Sheehy for Joseph O'Brien, while Zawahir (11/1) was another three-parts-of-a-length back in third. "She is a grand filly and is consistent," the winning rider commented. "The family stay well. She is a half-sister to Madhmoon (2019 Epsom Derby runner-up) so it's important to get that winning bracket. "I'd say the boss will try and find a little handicap for her somewhere now. A mile-and-a-half seems to be her trip."
