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Elegant debut performance from Man

Elegant Man Elegant Man
© Photo Healy Racing

The Adrian Murray-trained Elegant Man made an impressive winning debut in the concluding ten furlong maiden at Dundalk.

The US-bred son of Arrogate, owned by AMO Racing, was well backed from 8/1 this morning into 5/2 and the market support proved well founded.

Mikey Sheehy produced his mount on the stand's rail to lead over a furlong from home and he asserted late on to record a two-and-a-half length win over 6/4 favourite Shrewsbury Road

Sheehy said: "He's a massive, big horse.

"It was a smart performance - I was drawn in 16 and, ideally, I would have liked to have been forward but there was a lot of pace on and a big rush to the first bend.

"I was able to take a nice slot beside the favourite the whole way around. I travelled well and I was eager to come to the stands' side rail and, once I got him over onto it, he kept quickening and quickening up to the line.

"I'd say you are going to see a better horse when he goes up in trip.

"He is a good mover for a big horse and probably loved the surface being by Arrogate. He has a really nice pedigree and hopefully a big future.

"Whatever he does this year, next year is going to be his year."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

1st
5/2
Tote €3.70 €1.20
2nd
2.5L
6/4Fav
€1.10
3rd
3.25L
7/2
€1.50
4th
1.25L
8/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.