Meehan takes opening race at Newmarket

Brian Meehan's Absent Pleasure looked anything but the winner in the closing stages of Newmarket's opener on Saturday but somehow managed to get up on the line.

Meehan takes opening race at Newmarket
Sat, 23 Aug, 2008 - 14:29

Brian Meehan's Absent Pleasure looked anything but the winner in the closing stages of Newmarket's opener on Saturday but somehow managed to get up on the line.

A clutch of runners from the country's top stables were fighting out the European Breeders' Fund Maiden Stakes with Huntdown and 9-4 favourite Kingship Spirit to the fore.

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