Keeping wins but then lets wild side show

The Ger Lyons-trained Keeping looked a decent prospect when foiling favourite Bint Nayef in the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden in Dundalk last night.

Ridden by Emmet McNamara, the Teofilo filly, in the colours of Sheikh Mohammed made virtually all and prevailed by three-quarters of a length before unseating McNamara, running loose and completing two circuits of the track.

Shane Lyons, representing his brother, said: “She’s a lovely, good-actioned filly and, as you saw, is still a bit green. She did well over the winter and is one to look forward to over middle distances.”