Cotter's Headleys Trump and Kennelly's Oreo Ollie the best of the A3 550 first round heat winners
Other sweepstake action last Friday at Tralee saw the James O'Regan-trained Woodcliff Kaboom establish himself as the clear favourite to win a novice 3 525 sweepstake
First round form worked out really well in three of the four second-round heats of the Lee Strand A3 550 Sweepstake at Tralee Track last Friday night and it could well be that Knocknagoshel owner, Nick E Cotter, will be the one collecting the magnificent winner's purse of €10,000 come final night.
That's because his charge, Headleys Trump, which is an April '23 son of Coolavanny Hoffa and Mercenary Mary, clocked the fastest time of 29.72 in winning heat 4 at odds of 4/5. Mind you, he only beat flying finisher, Killacolla Hill, by a neck, but his early pace is more than impressive. Although he meets another very good second-round winner in the Jack Kennelly-trained Oreo Ollie, Headleys Trump has the early pace to get himself into the strongest of winning position from trap 3 in the first semi-final.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
RTÉ News
16 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Pulled muscle rules Economics out of Royal Ascot
The William Haggas-trained Economics will miss his intended seasonal comeback in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot after meeting with a setback. The 2024 Irish Champion Stakes winner, who was last seen in action finishing sixth behind Anmaat in the British version of the race at Ascot in October, was a general 5-1 second favourite for next Wednesday's Group One contest. Haggas confirmed the unfortunate news, telling the Racing Post: "Economics had an awayday at Newbury, where he worked nicely and the most important thing was his scope was clean after the work. "We were happy with him but we found he had pulled a muscle afterwards, so we've had to back off him since and I'm afraid we've run out of time for Ascot." Economics does hold an entry in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on 5 July, but his participation for that contest has to be in doubt.
Irish Examiner
6 days ago
- Irish Examiner
Green Impact amongst the favourites for the Glencairn Stakes at Leopardstown
Leopardstown hosts a good card and the listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Glencairn Stakes, which is one of the twin features on the programme, can go the way of Green Impact. While it hasn't been the luckiest of seasons thus far for trainer Jessica Harrington, there have been positive signs in recent weeks, and considering the team was under a cloud when this fellow finished sixth in the Newmarket 2000 Guineas, significant improvement can be expected this time. A Group 2 winner in his short juvenile season, he beat leading Epsom Derby fancy Delacroix that day and there is no reason to believe we've already seen the best of him. In Newmarket, on his return, the pace didn't seem to be strong enough for him, and he found himself towards the head of the field a couple of furlongs from home. He wasn't able to sustain his effort, but he kept going well enough to hold on to sixth place behind Ruling Court. The step up to nine furlongs should be no problem to him, and the recent rain, which has just taken away any potential fast ground scenario, is a positive for him. Sure, it would be better if the Harrington team was saddling winner after winner, but that day is bound to return and he can give the yard a welcome boost. Currawood is a consistent sort at this sort of level and should go well, while the Ger Lyons-trained Bravais defied market weakness when winning on his stable debut and any further improvement would put him firmly in the frame here. Pierre Royal can carry top weight to victory in the BoyleSports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap. Dermot Weld's Kingman colt was no match for the experienced First Wave on his debut but made no mistake on his second start, when leading all the way and winning by a wide margin. Those efforts earned him an opening mark of 88 and that looks manageable for the three-year-old. Out of Rose De Pierre, who won a Curragh Maiden on debut and followed up in a handicap off a mark of 91, he too can climb to a rating in three figures, and this race can help him on his way there. The Listed King George V Cup is a tricky looking contest, but there may be some value in siding with the Fozzy Stack-trained Bay Colony, despite the filly having a nice bit to find on official figures. Last time out, on her first try at today's trip, she shed her maiden status, and there is a strong chance that the form is considerably better than it looked at the time. Better ground won't be a problem and she is just preferred to Arouet and Acapulco Bay. LEOPARDSTOWN 4:20 Minerva 4:50 Love Billy Boy 5:25 Bay Colony 5:55 Green Impact (nap) 6:25 Pierre Royal (nb) 6:55 Zipster 7:30 Pink Socks 8:05 Great Mover Next best 4:20 Little Sure Shot 4:50 Fort Vega 5:25 Arouet 5:55 Bravais 6:25 Ja'marr 6:55 Tachos 7:30 Instant Appeal 8:05 Amplitude
RTÉ News
7 days ago
- RTÉ News
Unbeaten Desert Flower heads Oaks field
Desert Flower will face eight rivals as she bids for a second Classic strike in Friday's Betfred Oaks at Epsom. The Charlie Appleby-trained filly extended her unbeaten record to five with an all-the-way success in last month's 1000 Guineas and she is a short-priced favourite to take the step up to a mile and a half in her stride. The supplemented Elwateen, who finished a fine fourth in the Guineas for Saeed bin Suroor on what was just her second ever start, also takes a major step up in trip. Aidan O'Brien has trained 10 Oaks winners so far and he fields three this time, with Chester Oaks winner Minnie Hauk, Lingfield victor Giselle and Musidora winner Whirl all going for gold. Qilin Queen and Revoir, first and second in a Newbury Listed contest last time out, renew their rivalry for Ed Walker and Ralph Beckett respectively, while Joseph O'Brien's Wemighttakedlongway and outsider Go Go Boots for John and Thady Gosden complete the line up. French raider Calandagan leads seven declarations for the Betfred Coronation Cup on the same card. The four-year-old was narrowly beaten on his seasonal bow in the Sheema Classic at Meydan in April, but is a clear market leader for Francis-Henri Graffard in the Group One heat. O'Brien saddles two with Jan Brueghel and Continuous, the last two St Leger winners, both lining up. Marco Botti's Giavellotto was fifth in the Sheema Classic and tries his luck again, with Ancient Wisdom, Bellum Justum and the Beckett-trained You Got To Me, winner of last year's Irish Oaks and now in the Amo Racing silks, the other contenders.
