Young Legends shows her class with terrific display

The Droopys Cain A1 525 was one of five finals on Saturday night’s 12-race programme at Curraheen Park and Young Legends showed her class with a terrific display for trainer Pat Kiely and owners Master Jack and Master Bryan Kiely, Dungarvan.

The 2-1 favourite wasn’t ideally boxed on the wide outside, but, ultimately, her pace allowed her overcome it. Whatasetup was first to show but the favourite quickly engaged top gear, and swept around the outside to take command before straightening up for the backstretch. Running powerfully throughout, she pulled four lengths clear of the early leader, in a best-of-the-night 28.57.

Broadstrand Blue left behind his luckless semi-final run when taking the Bartlemy Road Ltd A3 Tri-Distance final for trainer Johnny Linehan and owners Billy Drake and Vincent O’Donovan. Odds-on favourite from a good-looking draw next to the fence, he broke well and had to use his position to forge ahead of fastest semi-final winner Ridgedale Hawk as they raced the opening bends. Lightly raced but clearly very classy, he appreciated the 575 yards trip as he forged clear late to beat his persistent challenger by two and a half lengths, in 31.63.