Cork and Down Royal report: Frenetic turns in star performance in premier handicap

Frenetic and Colin Keane (dark green) win the Doneraile Handicap in Cork. Picture: Healy Racing

The Ger Lyons-trained filly Frenetic, a four-time winner as a juvenile, including two listed events at the Curragh, produced a tremendous performance to defy a mark of 102 and top-weight of 10-0 in the five-furlong Doneraile (Premier) Handicap at Cork Friday night.

She encountered interference two furlongs out but Colin Keane brought Frenetic through to take charge inside the final furlong and beat White Lavender (receiving 22lb.) by three-quarters of a length, sparking a Cork double and an across-the-card treble for Ger Lyons, successful in the Down Royal opener with two-year-old debutante Head Mistress, the stable’s thirteenth two-year-old winner of the season.