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Lossiemouth is a star despite defeat

JACK HAYNES

Winning is everything in sport but sometimes you can enhance your reputation in defeat and that was certainly the case with Lossiemouth in the Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival on Saturday.

In truth, it was a bit of a mess. The Triumph Hurdle favourite was shuffled back to last at a crucial point by her retreating stablemate Jourdefete, similarly owned by Rich and Susannah Ricci, before making her effort widest of all on the turn into the straight.

Yet still she was the only runner to challenge the winner

Gala Marceau, showing a fine attitude to chase her stablemate home before running out of puff after the last. The formbook shows a two-and-a-half-length defeat, the replay tells you why.

That’s racing and if it went smoothly for every shortpriced favourite it would be a pretty boring sport. This effort only enhanced Lossiemouth’s Triumph claims but bookmakers felt differently. She is now a best-price 15-8 favourite (from 5-4) with Betfair Sportsbook and that looks more than fair.

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