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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Baby Dinnis another outsider to score

Fri 17th Apr 2015, 19:35

Ross CoakleyRoss Coakley
© Photo Healy Racing

After 25/1 and 33/1 winners on the card, it was the turn of 16/1 shot Baby Dinnis to rip up the form book in the mile handicap at Dundalk.

From mid-division, Ross Coakley brought the three-year-old filly down the centre of the track as the field turned into the home straight.

She really started to motor from the two pole and picked up the lead a furlong and a half out. She forged on in the final furlong and was able to hold 7/4 favourite Vocal Warm Up on the rail by a length and three quarters.

"I'm delighted with her. We've always liked her," handler Denis Cullen said.

"The step up to a mile helped. Things were just happening a bit quick over seven and she needed to learn how to race.

"At Gowran the last day she got caught up in the trouble at the start and she was a bit of an unknown quantity coming here.

"She did it well and is a nice filly. We'll look for something similar.

"Fran (Berry) rode her up here the last time and said that she hits the ground hard and mightn't just handle the all-weather, but this was the only race for her after Gowran didn't work out."

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.