Maontri (blue hood) on her way to scoring at a misty Dundalk© Photo Healy Racing
Maontri became the third successive winner to make most of the running from a wide draw when taking the seven-furlong rated race under Colin Keane.
Keane was also on board when the very lightly-raced seven-year-old mare came good with a vengeance here last Friday, and punters really latched onto her to follow up.
The 2/1 favourite stayed on gamely inside the final furlong to prevail by two lengths from Califante with Reckless Lad another two and a half lengths further back in third.
Fethard-based trainer Matty Tynan said, “She’s surprised us all by coming here with a rise in the handicap (up 15lb) to do it again. I thought she would be 7 or 8/1 but they backed her into 2/1. I’m delighted with her.
“When you have only one you have to mind them. It may be a bit different if you had 20 horses. It’s great to come back and do it again but I suppose it will be tougher the next time.
“The plan is to breed off her, so the better she gets the better it will be for that job.”
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
