Photo Call is pushed out close home by Wayne Lordan to see off the challenge of Adroit © Photo Healy Racing
Photo Call justified odds-on favouritism as she took the third at Fairyhouse, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (3yo plus), scoring under Wayne Lordan for David Wachman.
The daughter of Galileo was available at 4/7 this morning, opening on track at 2/5 before going off a well-backed 1/4 chance.
She finished second on her debut at Dundalk in April behind stable mate Lahinch Classics over a mile and a quarter, and she was then dropped in trip to a mile for her next outing at Navan where she finished third.
Dropped again to seven furlongs this evening she raced in third before improving to challenge on the outer from over two furlongs out.
She hit the front a furlong and a half from home and she kept on well under pressure inside the final furlong to score by a length and a quarter. Adroit ran a fine race on her debut to finish second at 11/2 under Colin Keane for Ger Lyons while Affectionate Lady was four and a half lengths adrift in third.
David Wachman said afterwards: "The trip was a bit short but she got the job done and she will be chasing blacktype at some stage."
The winner is out of Theann (trained by Aidan O'Brien) who won a Group Three over six furlongs at York on her last career start back in July of 2007.
Additional reporting by Alan Magee
