Belle Le Grand © Photo Healy Racing
Fourth on Rules debut at Tramore, Belle Le Grand (5/2) made all under John Gleeson to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race.
Trained in Ballycarney, near Enniscorthy, by Yvonne Latta, the daughter of the Dubawi stallion Universal asserted early in the straight to beat Karate Kid by six-and-a-half lengths.
The trainer's son, and part-owner, Andrew Latta remarked: “Tramore probably didn’t suit her, and she ended up very wide but she still ran well.
“There was no pace today so we let her roll away in front and we thought the ground would suit her.
“She probably wasn’t the cleverest of buys of mine to go point-to-pointing. She’s a fine, big, good-looking mare but with her pedigree she didn’t get three miles.
“She’s a two-miler and we’ll have a bit of fun with her next year if she’s not sold. I own her along with Barry O’Neill’s wife Bridget.”
Quotes from Alan Magee
