Fleur De Nuit easily overturns hot pot to earn crack at Listed prize

Fleur De Nuit, trained in Galway by John Bleahen, turned over Aidan O’Brien’s hot pot, Marchese Marconi, in the Croome House Stud Handicap at Listowel yesterday.

Marchese Maconi took them along at a relatively sedate pace for much of the journey and Declan McDonogh had no trouble sending the winner past at the furlong pole.

Said Bleahen: “The race was run perfectly for her, she has a bit of toe. I planned to run her at Leopardstown on Friday night and think she is entitled to have a go at the Listed event.”