WHILE no filly or mare struck gold over the Christmas period and was victorious at Grade 1 level over jumps, 10 females did earn valuable blacktype, and for three of them is was for the first time.

Allegorie De Vassy (Fr) is a daughter of leading sire No Risk At All (My Risk), responsible for Epatante and Allaho, and she won at the first time of asking over fences when taking the Grade 2 Dawn Run Novice Chase at Limerick. She had already won a Grade 3 from just two starts over hurdles since joining Willie Mullins, and these successes are from a career that to date has only meant facing the starter seven times.