Samyr (Sea The Moon) wins in taking style on debut for owners Robcour and trainer Joseph O’Brien.
Samyr has been unlucky to this point in his career having met with a couple of training setbacks which had kept him off the track until now. He is a horse that is well regarded by connections and now that he is back on song, it will be interesting to see how he progresses. He won this bumper very easily and should surely be one that will competing in a higher grade before long.
After the race trainer O’Brien said ”It was a nice performance and I’m delighted for Brian and Rob (Acheson, owners). It is my first runner in the Robcour colours and he obviously was bought to go on the flat. Alex Elliott bought him for Brian as a yearling but he had a couple of setbacks so Brian decided we’d wait for his four-year-old bumper campaign. We might reap the rewards of that going forwards. I was worried about the ground but decided to let him take his chance and there’s no doubt he will be better on better ground. He is a good looking, well-bred horse and there is no doubt he could go back to the flat at some stage. It was a smart performance and we’ll see what Brian and the team want to do now.”