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RACING<br />
LEOPARDSTOWN<br />
3-4 <strong>February</strong><br />
Edited by Hannah Lemieux<br />
hannah.lemieux@timeinc.com<br />
@hannah_lemieux1<br />
Samcro (Jack Kennedy)<br />
annihilates the opposition to<br />
win the Grade One Deloitte<br />
Novice Hurdle and maintain<br />
his unbeaten record<br />
Superstar<br />
Samcro<br />
Samcro lives up to the hype, Edwulf comes back from the dead<br />
and Supasundae downs Faugheen at the Dublin Racing Festival<br />
Leopardstown, Ireland<br />
IRELAND’S new Dublin Racing<br />
Festival seemed to gain instant<br />
traction in terms of quality<br />
of racing and popularity with<br />
the crowds.<br />
It had a bit of everything,<br />
including the confirmation<br />
By MARCUS ARMYTAGE<br />
that Faugheen is probably not<br />
the Faugheen of old, plus some<br />
surprises including the heartwarming<br />
victory of Edwulf in<br />
the Irish Gold Cup and the<br />
superb jumping of the novices<br />
Footpad and Monalee, however,<br />
capping it all was the pure<br />
brilliance of Samcro.<br />
Some, including myself, may<br />
have been slightly sceptical of all<br />
the lavish praise heaped upon the<br />
Gigginstown-owned six-year-old<br />
gelding by Germany, however,<br />
you will not see many novices<br />
travel with such contemptuous<br />
ease through a race as Samcro<br />
did in the Grade One Deloitte<br />
Novice Hurdle.<br />
Gigginstown owner Michael<br />
O’Leary has been trying to douse<br />
the flames of hype and, though he<br />
is a great businessman, achieving<br />
that aim is going to be beyond<br />
64 <strong>Horse</strong> & <strong>Hound</strong> 8 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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