Northgate romps to impressive success in Plate

NORTHGATE, ridden by champion jockey Pat Smullen, romped to an impressive victory in Her Majesty’s Plate, feature of yesterday’s action at Down Royal.

Northgate romps to impressive success in Plate
Sat, 10 Sep, 2011 - 01:00
John Ryan

A welcome winner for trainer Joe Murphy (his last winner was Rock On Ciara at Killarney in mid-July) the six-year-old, sent off 2/1 co-favourite, stretched clear in the closing stages to slam End Of The Affair (having her final outing) by eight and a half lengths.

’He must have a sound surface, that’s the key to him,” admitted the winning trainer. “That’s why he likes Dundalk and he’ll be going back there at the end of the month for the Group 3 Diamond Stakes.

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CourtsRacingPlace: NORTHGATEPlace: Down RoyalPlace: KillarneyPlace: Mount MeruPlace: RoscommonPlace: DundalkPlace: KerryPerson: Pat SmullenPerson: Joe MurphyPerson: Ger LyonsPerson: Keagan LathamPerson: KeaganPerson: BoginiPerson: Michael HusseyPerson: Michael O’CallaghanPerson: Tracy CollinsPerson: Kevin PrendergastPerson: Paul DeeganPerson: Conor HobanPerson: Declan McDonoghPerson: Le Rouge AlexPerson: McDonoghPerson: Golan GuyPerson: MutiskaPerson: Seamus HeffernanPerson: Tony MartinPerson: Andy OliverPerson: Ben CurtisPerson: Dessie Hughes’Person: Mark EnrightPerson: HughesPerson: JohnPerson: John PurfieldPerson: DellersbeckPerson: Wally SwinburnPerson: Ronan WhelanPerson: Constant CharmerEvent: PlateEvent: Group 3 Diamond StakesEvent: Mimco HandicapEvent: Derrinstown Stud Apprentice HandicapOrganisation: L K Bennett NurseryOrganisation: Red ClubsOrganisation: SleepytimegirlOrganisation: Just On Fire
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