Ghost Run knuckles down for Doncaster triumph
Oisin Murphy: ‘She’s very tough and a great example of her sire Kameko.’
Ghost Run got Oisin Murphy off to a flying start at this year’s St Leger Festival at Doncaster with a determined victory in the British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Nursery. The three-time champion jockey is out on his own in this year’s title race with a lead of more than 40 winners over Tom Marquand, and has a strong book of rides for the first two days of action on Town Moor before he jets out to Canada to ride at Woodbine on Saturday. Ghost Run was a 5-1 shot for Doncaster’s curtain-raiser, dropping back into a handicap after finishing eighth in a valuable sales race at York three weeks ago.Kameko filly Ghost Run gets the job done in the opener at @DoncasterRaces, outstaying all rivals with a classy performance! 🙌@oismurphy | @AndrewBalding2 pic.twitter.com/Cr2UgmoNbl
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 12, 2024
A daughter of trainer Andrew Balding’s 2000 Guineas hero Kameko, Murphy’s mount battled her way to the front before knuckling down to see off Oolong Poobong and Griselda by a neck and a head respectively. “She’s very tough and a great example of her sire Kameko with her attitude to life,” said Murphy. The winning trainer’s wife Anna-Lisa Balding added: “Andrew was quite confident this morning and she’s a lovely filly. Andrew had a lot of luck with her half-sister Nymphadora as well and being by Kameko, it’s great for us – it’s a real Kingsclere story. “She’s not very big, but she’s got a huge heart and really wanted it.”
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