“Even the great Kerry team didn’t mange that”.
Those were the words of Laois trainer Kieran Cotter after his incredible mare galloped to victory yesterday for the fifth race in a row.
A Step Too Far proved that this journey to Cork was not one too far for her as she beat all around her once again.
At odds of 9/2, the Portarlington trainer’s horse got the better of Goodnight Girl by a head.
Saddled by AJ Farragher the mare galloped to glory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Handicap and took home the €17,100 first prize for owners Sinead and Dermot Dunne who are also from Portarlington.
Speaking to IrishRacing.com afterwards, Cotter said: “Five-in-a-row, not even the great Kerry team did that!
“She has been unbelievable and we thought we were near the bottom of the well today but she ground it out and I still can’t believe it.
“I thought Adam gave her an unbelievable ride, she relaxed under him and when they headed her, he didn’t go for her until he really had to. It was a super ride and she is a super horse.
“I was in Dundalk when she first ran at Dundalk and finished fourth and the horses around her were all rated in the 80s. Things didn’t work out for her after that and maybe a change of yard has helped her come back to herself.
“Usually we get a horse and try to get them to adapt to our way of training but we had to adapt to her and have found the key to her now.
“I don’t know how far she can go but long-term we’re looking at next year with her. We’ll give her an entry in the Joe McGrath Handicap in ten days time and will see.”
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