Barbizon finishes with a flourish to claim Punchestown spoils
FINE EFFORT: Barbizon and Shane Foley win the Hospitality On Sale Now Race at Punchestown on Tuesday. Picture: Healy Racing
The lightly-raced Barbizon, trained in West Cork by John Murphy, displayed a fine turn of foot to see off battle-hardened handicapper Ceur d’Or and listed winner Birthe to land the Hospitality On Sale Now Race at Punchestown’s only Flat meeting of the season.
Confidently handled by Shane Foley, the three-year-old gelding, conceding weight to his four rivals, tracked the leading duo into the straight where the 3-1 shot came with a late surge along the stands rail to collar last year’s Irish Cambridgeshire fourth and beat him by three quarters of a length.
