Aidan O’Brien’s Concert Hall produced a telling late challenge to win the Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.
Concert Hall (9-2) continues a fabulous weekend for Aidan O'Brien!
— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) September 26, 2021
She gets flying late in the day to win the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes with Seamie Heffernan in the saddle ?? pic.twitter.com/V4XzrWN5xC
The daughter of Ballydoyle’s 2012 Oaks winner Was, ridden here like her mother at Epsom by Seamie Heffernan, appeared to need all of the seven-furlong trip to get on top in this Group 3.
Concert Hall, successful over course and distance in a July maiden, was sent off at 9/2 after finishing out of the first three at Group 2 and Group 1 level at the Curragh over the past two months.
She was still only seventh two furlongs out, as British challenger Lovely Mana and eventual runner-up Sunset Shiraz were among those to the fore on the far rail.
But Heffernan delivered Concert Hall with a sustained run wide of her rivals down the middle of the track, and she got to the front to win by a length – with Seisai staying on for third, a further neck away.
O’Brien, who was winning this race for the fifth time in the last 10 years, said: “I’m delighted with her, and if she comes out of this OK she’ll probably step up and go on to the Fillies’ Mile.
“She’s a hardy lady and is going to improve from racing. She stays well and is a good, strong build.”
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