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Ballydoyle's Mother Nature gets off the mark

Mother Nature (right)Mother Nature (right)
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The 4/7 favourite Mother Nature trained by Aidan O'Brien for the Coolmore partners, availed of what looked a good opportunity in the five-runner  fillies' maiden. 

Prominent throughout along with Sissi Declan McDonogh's mount went on early in the straight and was ridden out to beat that rival by two lengths.

Stable representative Chris Armstrong commented: "Obviously her form was in the book, it was good to get the winning bracket and Declan gave her a nice ride. Apart from( running wide off) the top bend, she is starting to put it all together and that ground is perfect for her, although will handle it a fraction easier. 

"From here we'll look to the Give Thanks Stakes at Cork which should suit her perfectly and hope to get blacktype. She is a nice filly to have for the backend.

"Her pedigree is unbelievable, she is by Justify who is an unbelievably exciting stallion so has the sire and the dam (by Galileo). It is now a case of matter of making the pedigree even better with a blacktype win."

Quotes from Tom Weekes

1st
4/7Fav
Tote €1.58 €1.10
2nd
2L
7/1
€2.50
3rd
2.25L
16/1
4th
1.25L
11/4
About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.

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