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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Euphrasia sheds her maiden tag

Sun 14th Oct 2012, 17:32

Euphrasia and Gary Carroll clear at the CurraghEuphrasia and Gary Carroll clear at the Curragh
© Photo Healy Racing

Euphrasia was always in the front rank in the mile and one fillies’ maiden at the Curragh and Gary Carroll’s mount relished the heavy underfoot conditions to forge clear two furlongs out for trainer Joseph Murphy.

The three-year-old was sent off 10/1 on the back of a disappointing performance at Dundalk’s polytrack, but made no mistake here when getting off the mark by eight lengths.

John Oxx supplied the runner-up Kalaroa (3/1) and the third If Or When (2/1f) with the former particularly eyecatching as he made up a lot of ground at the business end on debut.

Joseph Murphy Junior said of the winner: “It’s unlikely that she’ll run again this year. She seems to handle the conditions very well.

“Hopefully she can go for a premier handicap or a Listed race next year. She didn’t get theclearest of passages at Killarney [third on September 4].

“She’s a big immature filly and is improving all the time.”

(On course reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
10/1
Tote €11.20 €3.00
2nd
8L
3/1
€1.60
3rd
2L
2/1Fav
€1.60
4th
3.25L
25/1
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.