Dion Dublin celebrates first winner as co-owner with Lady Dublin at Catterick
Lady Dublin made all in a four-runner Catterick nursery to give Dion Dublin his first win as a co-owner, bolting up by 4¾ lengths under Harry Russell.
Dion Dublin got his first winner as a co-owner when Lady Dublin controlled the 15:10 nursery at Catterick and pulled clear by four and three-quarter lengths on good to firm ground. The two-year-old filly, sent off 2/1 joint-favourite in a four-runner Class 6 contest over 5f 212y, made all under Harry Russell and never looked like being caught, with Sunrise At Dawn finishing second.
The win came at the fifth attempt for the bay filly, who had shown enough in four earlier runs to earn another chance in a nursery. Her record before Catterick included fourth places at Beverley on 15 April and 4 May, a sixth of 15 at York on 12 June, and a third at Musselburgh on 22 June, a sequence that suggested progress without yet producing a breakthrough. First-time cheekpieces sharpened her up further, and the Racing Post racecard listed her handicap mark at 65.
Lady Dublin’s pedigree points to speed, being by Ardad out of Increasing, by Invincible Spirit, and the stable had already described her as a forward, athletic filly with natural pace. The Legacy Group Racing Club said Dublin named the horse himself, a neat link that gave the Catterick result extra resonance for a former England striker and television presenter more accustomed to live broadcasts than the owner’s box.
For Ollie Pears, the result underlined the value of waiting for the right setup rather than forcing a horse too early. Lady Dublin had already hinted at ability at Beverley, and the combination of a suitable nursery, a drop into a Class 6 event and the switch to cheekpieces turned potential into a decisive performance, with Russell able to dictate from the front and quicken away over 1f out.
The immediate question now is whether Catterick marks the start of a more aggressive front-running phase for a filly who has already proved she can control a small-field race. For Dublin, who flew in from the United States to watch, it was a first ownership success with Legacy Racing and Pears, and one that arrived with enough authority to suggest Lady Dublin could still have more to offer through the summer.
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