DONNACHA O'Brien rode his 100th Irish winner of the season when taking the six-furlong Eilish McAllister Race at Dundalk this evening, by the narrowest of margins.
He was on board the 6/5 favourite Lost Treasure, trained by his father Aidan, hit the front 150 yards out but had to fight to hold off Geological by a nose, with Master Speaker a head back in third and Freescape fourth in the four-way photo finish.
Ton up for the season for @donnacha_obrien - but only just! @DundalkStadium @Ballydoyle pic.twitter.com/B9kwdBSa8a
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 28, 2018
The winning horse, a son of War Front, has won three of his five starts and he is the year-older half-brother of the stable's Just Wonderful, who won the Group 2 Shadwell Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket earlier in the day.
Her sister Winter won four Group 1s and Frosty looks to have inherited the good genes - she makes the perfect start on debut for @Ballydoyle at @DundalkStadium! pic.twitter.com/xMTCD5CYu7
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 28, 2018
Donnacha had been on the 7/4 favourite Credenza in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden, but that Aidan O'Brien-trained juvenile had to settle for third behind her stable companion Frosty (9/1), ridden by Seamie Heffernan.
The grey daughter of Galileo is a full-sister to former stable star and multiple Group 1 ace Winter.
Worth the trip to @DundalkStadium for @hpalmerracing as Mootasadir takes the Group 3 Recruit Island Diamond Stakes... pic.twitter.com/lfwu3mw7GA
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 28, 2018
The feature race on the card at Dundalk went for export as the Hugo Palmer-trained Mootasadir (4/1) landed the Group 3 Recruit Island Diamond Stakes in the hands of Pat Cosgrave, chased home by the Ed Dunlop-trained Global Giant.
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