'She tries very hard' - Incrimination impresses on debut for Ger Lyons

Wednesday: Dundalk

Juvenile maidens at Dundalk in December don't always yield the highest-quality winners but Ger Lyons looks to have a useful operator in Incrimination, who created a fine impression when winning on her debut over 6f.

Coming home strongly under Colin Keane to overhaul 11-8 favourite National Gallery, the daughter of 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame struck by half a length at odds of 9-4.

Owned and bred by Newtown Anner Stud, Incrimination is out of a winning sister to Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks winner Singhalese.

"She's a grand little filly," Keane told Racing TV. "There's not a whole pile of her but she's got a very willing attitude and tries very hard."

He added: "We didn't go a mad pace and it was a sprint from the bottom of the straight. She was a little green, but when she got it together I thought she hit the line well."

Roche on a roll

Leigh Roche is set to tie the knot with fiancee Shauna on Saturday and was given reason to start the celebrations early as he registered a 22-1 surprise win in the opening claimer aboard House Of Kings.

Trained by Noel Kelly, the winner was reportedly claimed for €7,000 by James McAuley afterwards, having been picked up by Kelly for €5,000 out of a claimer last week.

Roche said: "I got caught in a pocket turning in and had to sit and wait, but he picked up when we got out there and did it nicely."

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