Two for Marnane and McAteer as Amemri hits four David Marnane and Luke McAteer bagged the first two races at Dundalk this evening as Amemri made it four in a row at the venue on ‘finals day’. The Time Test completed a handicap hat-trick over seven furlongs at the track a fortnight ago and went to post a 9/2 shot dropping back to six today. A fast run contest worked in her favour as she got to the front close home to prevail by a neck in a tight three-way finish. The consistent My Girl Sioux grabbed the second at the line, a short-head in front of Havana Gold. Marnane said: "He gave her a great ride - he is a very, very good rider. "Tactically he is becoming much better aware and it is coming together. "We just felt that she had a lot of weight on her back and I didn't really want to go the mile with that sort of weight on her back, so I just said we would take the chance with the six (furlongs). "Seven is probably her trip, but she did it well today. "The '65' bracket is gone now, but she is in great fettle. She is also quite effective on the turf and she is a lovely filly. “There will be a turf campaign. We will end up giving her a break at some stage, but get her back for the middle of the summer. "She has got a Dubawi on the top and she has got Pivotal on the bottom. She will make a lovely mare some day." (Quotes by Michael Graham)
