Super Sox (yellow) beats Galen © Photo Healy Racing
Super Sox trained by Paddy Twomey for the Dowager Countess of Harrington, made all in the Cavalor Equine Nutrition Irish EBF Maiden.
Placed in both previous starts, the daughter of Showcasing got things easy on the front end and only needed to be pushed out by Billy Lee to shrug off the challenge of Galen by two lengths.
Twomey said of his 85/40 winner: “It's great to win for Lady Harrington, she's Billy's neighbour so it's a lot of pressure for him!
“Stretching her to a mile the last day, when you read her pedigree, was an ask on her second run but I just thought she was in great form.
“I hadn't done a lot with her between races, I just let her fill up. I wanted to run her at a nice track and I asked Billy if we could take on the colts and he said we could.
“He said he was comfortable all the way, she had a lot of speed and stretched all the way to the line.
“Her pedigree says she should be running over six but she's a big filly and she stretches. It's great that she won. She's a nice filly, we'll see what happens.”
Of his Irish 1,000 Guineas contenders A Lilac Rolla and Purple Lily, Twomey added: “They are in good form and I'm looking forward to the race. We have two good riders and two good fillies, hopefully it works out.”
Quotes from Gary Carson
