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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

O'Brien hits Naas treble through Curly

Sun 21st Oct 2018, 17:58

Curly strides homeCurly strides home
© Photo Healy Racing

Curly powered away from the field to take the Listed finale in Naas and gave Aidan O'Brien a treble on the card.

She tanked along for Seamie Heffernan and put daylight between herself and her rivals in the final quarter of a mile. The race was over passing the furlong pole as she won well by two and a quarter lengths at 5/1.

"We're delighted. She had some good runs and Seamus gave her a great ride,” Aidan O'Brien said after this mile and a half contest.

“She's a Galileo and she just kept going. I'm delighted she's won a stakes race, she deserved it. She had some good runs in Group races.

“She's entitled to win a Listed race off her rating.

“She'll go to stud now.”

O'Brien earlier scored with San Andreas and Sarrocchi (also ridden by Heffernan).

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
5/1
Tote €2.80 €1.80
2nd
2.25L
4/1JFav
€2.00
3rd
2.25L
10/1
€3.80
4th
0.5L
8/1
bf
4.75L
4/1JFav
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.