Florale flourishes late in Killarney opener

The opening Killarney Park 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle this afternoon produced a cracking finish with Cite Florale bursting through late on to land the spoils.

Henry de Bromhead’s charge went to post a well-backed 5/6 favourite on her jumping debut.

She got hampered jumping the third last though and came under pressure before the next flight.

Darragh O’Keeffe got a good tune from the Galiway filly late on, however, as she came between Private Larry and Minella Buoy to stick her head in front and score by a neck.

Minella Buoy just prevailed by a short-head for the runner-up spot in a tight affair.

Stable representative Robbie Power said:- “We’re delighted with that. Darragh said she was a bit green and got badly hampered three out.

“She showed a great attitude after that to come back. There wasn’t a whole lot of room after the last to the winning post for her to go through and she showed a great attitude to go through that gap.

“Darragh gave her a brilliant ride, she’ll improve a lot for that.

“She’s got a great jump in her but juveniles first time up can be green and she was green. She’ll improve a lot.”https://www.irishracing.com/news/florale-flourishes-late-in-killarney-opener/266012