THERE was an appropriately named winner of the Helena Sheahan Memorial INH Flat Race at Listowel recently when Miss Eyecatcher outgunned the favourite Dos Picas by almost two lengths, with the rest of the runners trailing by nine lengths or more in their wake. The winner has a lovely pedigree, is a progressive sort and is just another in a growing list of winning fillies that we are seeing more and more of at the races.

Bred by Caroline Berry and Berry Farms the five-year-old daughter of King’s Theatre was sent to the sales as a foal where a bid of €2,600 was rightly considered not to be enough for her. She was put in training with Roger McGrath and her first three starts, in point-to-points, saw her run second on her final outing in that code.