Delight for Pat Martin as Oceania Queen wins ‘good pot’

The in foal Oceania Queen, trained by Pat Martin for his mother-in-law Nuala Brennan, captured the €22,500 Vaughanshoes.ie European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap, feature of last night’s action in Ballinrobe.

Produced with a perfectly-timed challenge by Tom ‘Socks’ Madden, the four-year-old, in foal to Frozen Power, swept past Break My Mind inside the final furlong to score by a length and three-quarters.

Her delighted trainer said: “She’s a filly in-foal and she’s thriving at the minute.