Halford filly should have little difficulty in winning a maiden

Potential winners to have emerged from the last week’s action in Ireland

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A Long Day
Trainer: Martin Brassil
10th 2m four-year-old maiden hurdle, Wexford, October 30

There are some long-term projects in this week's column that will not be winning immediately but could be well worth following in due course and A Long Day is one of them.

Well behind for most of the way in this maiden hurdle, he remained that way in terms of his finishing position, beating only three of his rivals. However, he did show something late in the race as he came home quite well to be beaten less than 30 lengths. He was strong at the line and it wasn't a bad effort in the circumstances.

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Published on 8 November 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 15:35, 8 November 2017

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