Now Or Never turns battle into a rout

Now Or Never had young trainer Michael O’Callaghan dreaming big after she ran out a most impressive winner of the Topaz Fillies’ Maiden, last night at Galway.

In what looked a red-hot contest, the daughter of Bushranger made light of the task in the style of a filly who can uphold the tradition of the race, won last year by subsequent Classic winner Legatissimo.

Sent to the front shortly after leaving stalls, by Emmet McNamara, she had the perfect pitch, on the rails, and held a narrow advantage until asked to quicken up two furlongs out. The response was striking, as she stretched away to win emphatically and not fully extended, with the favourite in second.