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Rebel Og impresses on debut despite market drift
Rebel Og powers clear under Patrick Mullins
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Rebel Og put in an impressive performance on her debut, coming home seventeen lengths to the good under Patrick Mullins for his father Willie (completing a double on the card).
Out of dual Grade 3 winner Oscar Rebel, the daughter of Presenting proved very easy to back with punters.
As short as 7/4 in early shows, she opened on-course at 5/2, before going off a 10/3 chance in the colours of the Lions Mouth Racing Club (first horse in training).
Settled in mid-division she took closer order with six furlongs to race, and hit the front from the three furlong pole, soon powering clear to record a facile success.
The 6/5 favourite Neptune finished second under Finian Maguire for Dermot Weld, while Geordiebest was another two and a quarter lengths back in third at 16/1.
Patrick Mullins said: "She was very good. She was a little green early on but once the penny dropped for her I was just doing a half speed everywhere. I got there a mile too soon but I was just travelling that well.
"Her dam, Oscar Rebel, was a very good mare and she might be as good, maybe better!
"It's a hard track to come first-time out. Early on it was quite rough and she wasn't carrying me but once she got clear air she was on a different track."
Additional reporting by Michael Graham