Maxine off the mark over fences in style

Maxine off the mark over fences in style

Friday, December 13, 2013

Twenty-one-year-old Maxine OSullivan rode her first winner over fences with a highly competent display aboard Pals Leg, trained by her father, Eugene, in the Follow Us On Facebook Beginners Chase at Tramore yesterday.

Jockeys making a presentation to Shay Barry to mark his retirement from race riding at Tramore yesterday. Picture: Healy Racing

By Pat Keane

Said Ms OSullivan: That was brilliant, hes lovely. It was his first time over fences and he looked at the first three a bit, but after that was brilliant.

Favourite, Sugar Bullet, made most of the running, but Pals Leg eased past coming away from the second last and kept going well for his pilot to easily hold Classic Event.

It is a great pleasure to win with Maxine riding, remarked a proud father. Hes been an unlucky horse all his life. Ive been running him on the wrong ground and he kept getting beaten by good horses.

He won a point at Dungourney on bottomless ground for Derek OConnor and Derek told me to never run him on that again, he wanted better ground. I took his advice, but its soft ground he wants.

Davy Russell, lucky to survive serious injury when taking a crashing fall off Sir Des Champs at Punchestown on Sunday, showed no ill effects when guiding well-backed Sunday Serenade to victory in the Buy Tramore Race Tickets Online Mares Maiden Hurdle.

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Maxine off the mark over fences in style