Pint-sized mare Kimbay lands tidy gamble

Pint-sized but progressive mare Kimbay landed a tidy gamble when successfully transferring her polytrack form to turf in the five-furlong Follow Tipperary On Facebook Handicap in Tipperary last night.

The five-year-old, trained by Noel ‘Iggy’ Lawlor, was a four-time winner at Dundalk last year, rocketing up the ratings from 52 to scoring last night (off 77) in convincing style from Zaindera and In Salutem, to the delight of those who supported her from 8/1 to 5/1.

“She’s a tough little thing and just keeps improving,” stated a delighted Lawlor. “She’s better at five furlongs than six on grass. Rory gave her a breeze yesterday morning and said she’d win tonight. All the credit goes to him and Derek McCormack – they do all the work with her. We’ll see what the handicapper does to her after this before making plans, but we could be looking at some of the big sprint handicaps.”