Seemingly 10,000 fans were in agreeance with him last Friday night when the crowd erupted for Pride of Jenni, not as she turned for home, but as she was halfway through her 1600 metre mission for back-to-back Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes wins. The last horse to achieve consecutive wins in the race was The Cleaner ten years earlier – with a similar racing style and cult following – but even he would have been enviable of the roar last Friday night. Declan Bates is no stranger to ‘Jenni-mania’ but he too was taken aback. “I think it’s the first time I’ve ever hard the crowd because normally it’s just me and her but the crowd at The Valley must’ve give some roar,” Bates said. When the crowd roared and the stars delivered By Ben Sporle Ciaron Maher has been around horses all of his life so when the master trainer says ‘this horse amazes me’ you have to sit back and take notice.
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