Newcomer Enchanteresse lands significant gamble

Curragh trainer Darren Bunyan is enjoying a fine strike-rate with his small string and introduced a promising filly — Enchanteresse — to land a significant gamble in the median auction maiden in Fairyhouse last night.

As big as 33/1 in the morning and sent off at 7/2, the Clodovil filly, a half-sister to stable-companion Grey Danube, came from off the pace before getting the better of odds-on favourite Chenega Bay by three-quarters of a length, after winning rider Leigh Roche dropped his whip at the furlong-pole.

“She’s a very smart filly, a black type filly,” stated a delighted Bunyan in the winner’s enclosure. “She showed us a lot of early last year, but was weak and needed time. Her half-brother Grey Danube won six for us, but he’s barely a lead horse for her at home.