Right Now causes Lafferty Hurdle boilover

[Wandering Eyes]

Arron Lynch and Right Now (NZ) (Wrote) have caused a boilover in the Kevin Lafferty Hurdle at Warrnambool on Sunday, holding tough at long odds.

Trained by Bevan Laming, Right Now couldn’t go the 3900 metres in the Australian Hurdle last start, but the drop back to 3200m looked suitable and he travelled comfortably throughout.

Lynch pinched runs up the inside and went from second last to first down the side, but there was still the matter of holding off Loft ($1.35) and Normandy Bridge ($5).

But even with the 71kg on his back, Right Now refused to lie down, and scored a memorable upset win over Loft, Normandy Bridge and Gambu ($27).

Earlier in the day, Jessica Pateman scored her first win as a trainer when husband Steven scored a hard-fought win over Bitcoin (NZ) (Tarzino) in the One-Jumps-Win Hurdle.

Back in grade from the Australian Hurdle, the son of Tarzino travelled in a great spot and got the better of $2.35 favourite Through Irish Eyes, who refused to lie down, but couldn’t match Pateman’s galloper late.

“He’s been super consistent all prep this horse, and he’s been up for a long time,” she said.

“That’s the first winner in my name, so that’s really exciting. Thanks to Spicer Thoroughbreds for sending him our way, he’s a beautiful horse.

“Also thanks to Lindsey Smith, who sort of pushed him our way… he was really tough late to fight back, I was really impressed to see him do that. He really wants to be there.

“He’s an exciting horse for us.”

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