Lyons gets his wish with Future Generation

ALL season Ger Lyons had been hoping to win a Pattern race with Future Generation and his wish came through last night when the filly made most to land the Group 3 Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown.

Ridden by Keagan Latham, for whom the 3-1 shot was winner number 12 of the season, Future Generation held the challenge of evens favourite Emiyna and afterwards Lyons, who trains the winner for the Viking Syndicate, said: “This filly is all heart and winning a race like this has been the plan all season.

“She ran second in the Minstrel Stakes last time despite not being 100% and that run encouraged us to go for tonight’s race. We’ll look for something similar and we’ll keep her on the go until she tells us she wants to stop.”