Breathe Easy wins a Kempton maiden

Breathe Easy hit the headlines last night at Kempton, as he was the comfortable winning favourite of the maiden race on the card at 5pm!

Watching on were around 28 owners and their guests - a great turnout for the 100 share syndicate - and each of them enjoyed a private box in the Lanzarote Suite for the evening.

Sent off the 2/1 favourite, Oisin Murphy adapted to the slow early pace by letting Breathe Easy roll on in front and set the fractions. As they entered the home straight, he began to turn the pace up a notch and, ultimately, rode the perfect race with none of the horses behind able to quicken up past him.

His sole challenge came from the Juddmonte-owned Leonetto, who had run very well at Southwell last time out. He made a strong challenge on the inside at the cutaway and briefly looked set to make a bold bid, but Breathe Easy was equal to the move and was well on top at the finish.

This marked the start of a really exciting season for him and the long term target in Andrew Balding’s mind is the Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot!

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