Lucymai – third win this year
LUCYMAI landed her third win of the year when making all at Chelmsford last night over seven furlongs to justify 3/1 favouritism, in what was her fourth career course and distance win.
Ridden by stable apprentice, Jack Duern, the five-year old daughter of Multiplex took advantage of the plum draw in stall one and went straight to the head of affairs. She dictated the pace, went two lengths clear at the furlong pole and won comfortably by two and a quarter lengths from runner-up, Take The Helm. It was a further length back to old rival and stablemate, Eljaddaaf, who has to be held up but was staying on at the finish under Robert Winston.
This was another impressive performance from Lucymai, who was running off her highest ever mark, 95 but who is sure to join the Harper Lodge Farm “Hundred Club” when reassessed by the handicapper next week. She is likely to go up around seven pounds and join the likes of Librisa Breeze, Lancelot Du Lac, Flaming Spear and other stable mates who are rated 100 or higher.
Owner Roger Beadle, a long-time supporter of Dean Ivory, must be thrilled to bits with Lucymai, who has a fantastic record in her 21 starts to date with six wins and who has been in the first four in two-thirds of her races. She certainly loves the all-weather as all her victories have come on an artificial surface with five wins coming over the specialist distance of seven furlongs.
As for the Dean Ivory stable in general, the winners continue to roll in. This was the 18th winner for the yard this year at a strike rate of 17% while 59% of all runs have seen horses win or be placed. Prize money is already over £220,000 and with some big prizes to be aimed at during the rest of the season, there should be plenty more to come!
