Last to first Leezie Lindsay lands spoils

There was an upset in Saturday night’s final of the Macroom Motors Services Open 575, as 4-1 chance Leezie Lindsay came from last to first to land the feature on Cork GOBA’s party night at Curraheen Park.

The Francie Murray-trained bitch, by Brett Lee out of connections’ 2012 Cork Oaks winner Smoke Pixie, missed the kick, and trailed the field in the early stages as Newlawn Ned led odds-on favourite Witches Belle around the opening bends.

The eventual winner, owned by Howard Wallace, East Lothian, made significant progress down the back and, when the leaders bumped racing the final bend, slipped through along the inside. Staying powerfully, she beat Newlawn Ned by a length, in a very smart 30.89, with the favourite, Witches Belle, three parts of a length away in third place.