Greatest Drama only just prevails (via youtube)
In the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden for two-year-olds over seven furlongs at Gowran Park on Tuesday, fourteen inexperienced horses faced the starter, including the Barnane Stud homebred Night Of Thunder filly Greatest Drama, owned in partnership with Owen Heffer, as well as the Calyx filly A Call Too Soon, who was bred in partnership by Coolmore and Gaynor Rupert’s Cayton Park Stud.
The Johnny Murtagh-trained Greatest Drama was coming off a decent debut fifth place finish in a strong maiden over seven furlongs at The Curragh. He started 11/4 second favourite as the Aiden O’Brien-trained Dubawi filly Mint Candy was backed into 11/8.
The James Stack-trained A Call Too Soon was coming off a ninth place finish in a maiden over seven furlongs at Galway and was a longshot at 25/1.
Greatest Drama was prominent throughout under Ben Coen and began challenging two furlomgs out when still travelling okay. She was ridden one furlong out and led narrowly before running green in the final half-a-furlong. However, she did just enough hold on by the barest of margins from Mint Candy.
A Call Too Soon was midfield and made brief headway on the near side of the group over one furlong out, but she found no extra inside the final furlong.
Greatest Drama was dwarfed by the imposing Mint Candy and showed tremendous courage to get the better of her, so it was a victory full of merit.
A Call Too Soon’s dam by Gleneagles won two races over a mile and a mile and one-and-a-half furlongs, so she will likely need further.
