Oxx adds to superb Tramore record with double

JOHN Oxx has a superb record with his runners at Tramore and punters who noted that the Curragh trainer had made a rare trip south to the seaside track were in clover as he teamed up with rider Ben Curtis for a 26½/1 double with Haleniya in the mile and a half maiden and the well-bred Missy O' Gwaun in the www.thetote.com Handicap.

Visibility was quite poor in the back straight for much of the evening as a sea mist rolled in but Missy O' Gwaun, available at 7/1 in the morning and backed into 9/2 at the off, emerged in front down in the dip. The daughter of King's Best, out of a Sadler's Wells mare, kept on strongly in the final furlong to beat 20/1 shot Llew Law by three and a half lengths.

“She's been promising in her home work but has been plain disappointing on the track. She was a suitable candidate for this track and handled it well. It's nice to get a win for her as she's a well-bred filly, and she'll go to the Newmarket Sales in December. She may have another run,” said Oxx.