Blazing Star (Colin Keane) beats Jeroboam (Emmet McNamara)© Photo Healy Racing
Blazing Star a beaten favourite on her three previous outings, came good in the Belarmine Maiden at Leopardstown.
Things went nicely for the Juddmonte Dark Angel filly this afternoon, as she made all from her draw near the rail in stall two.
Ridden a furlong and a half out, Blazing Star, again market-leader at 11/10, kept on well in the final furlong to beat Ballydoyle’s Jeroboam by a length and three parts.
Ger Lyons and Colin Keane combined for the win with Blazing Star and the trainer’s brother Shane said: “She’s after going on every sort of ground and she’s after getting a winning bracket which is most important.
“She has plenty of early closing entries but after watching that Ger thinks that we may pull stumps for a little bit and give her a break.
“She’s definitely going to be a next year filly as she’s big and tall and weak. We’ll have a chat with the team to see what they think.
“She didn’t get home over a mile on soft ground but we think a bit of her.”
(AM & EM)
