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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Nectaris overturns favourite in Curragh

Sun 22nd May 2022, 17:28

Nectaris, left, beats JunctureNectaris, left, beats Juncture
© Photo Healy Racing

Nectaris saw off the market leader Juncture at the end of a mile in the fillies' handicap at the Curragh.

Nectaris made most of the running under Nathan Crosse but had Juncture for company a furlong and a half down.

The pair battled their way home for the first prize of €30,000 and it was 18/1 Nectaris who found that bit more close home to win by half a length.

Runner-up Juncture, who was dropping down from running unplaced in the Qipco 1,000 Guineas, went off 5/2f and was a length and a quarter in front of third-placed Miss Mirabell (9/2).

Jessica Harrington said: “She stayed going very well. She’s tough and loved that little ease in the ground.

“That was a lovely pot and I’d like to get a bit of black-type with her now.

“She enjoyed that going along there and she seems to have plenty of pace. She likes doing her own thing.” Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
18/1
Tote €21.70 €5.00
2nd
0.5L
5/2Fav
€1.10
3rd
1.25L
9/2
€1.70
4th
1.75L
7/2
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.