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  • Purchaser: Damian Tiernan
  • Price: £280,000

The well-related Heron In The Park enjoyed the perfect start to her career when putting up an impressive winning performance on debut. A half-sister to the 2022 Betfair Hurdle winner Glory And Fortune, she was sent off as the favourite when tasking competitive action for the first time at Borris House at the beginning of the month. This was a strongly-run race, ultimately clocking the quickest time on the card, some 14 seconds quicker than the average on the day, and she bided her time before taking closer order on the final circuit. Cruising into contention, she mastered the more experienced and previously proven runner-up at a very early juncture in the home straight, from where she was always she always had the measure of her rivals, powering clear under hands and heels effort from the saddle to win by nine and a half lengths, with over 44 lengths cover the first four home, highlighting how decisively she took the field apart.