Fire Height Amy signals classic intentions

Two finals and the first round of the Barry’s Tea Open 750 dominated proceedings on Saturday’s card at Curraheen, and the Brendan Maunsell-trained Fire Height Amy signalled her classic intentions with a best-of-the-round performance in the last of the six-bend heats. 

The bitch, who was in the wars on her previous start, made sure there would be no traffic problems this time as she flew from boxes and led clear to the first turn. Mongys Rach worked hard to make a race of it, but she could never get to the leader, who stayed on well to win by four and a half lengths, in 41.51, with the heavily supported Tradition, who had a troubled passage, half a length away in third.

The opening heat went to the game Chloes Gina, trained by John Duggan for Brendan O’Callaghan and Rose Elphick. The bitch missed the kick and found early trouble, which left her with a lot of work to do.