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Bombay Pat fastest on night one with raider Heiress impressing

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Bombay Pat fastest on night one with raider Heiress impressing
Cheap Sandwiches, the 2024 Irish Derby second, landed the opening heat of this year's Classic

BOMBAY PAT was the opening night standard-setter as the 2025 BOYLE Sports Irish Derby got under way at Shelbourne Park on Friday.

The middle leg of a Graham Holland treble bookended by Cheap Sandwiches and Swords Style - although the trainer's reigning champion Bockos Diamond did have to settle for sec0nd behind Epic Ace in what was a first ever Shelbourne defeat - Bombay Pat landed heat six in a superb 29.27sec for the 550 yards.

One race later, Mark Wallis's UK star Proper Heiress put down a marker of his own with an impressive 29.45sec success.

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