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MIND GAMES
Irish Daily Mirror
|March 29, 2025
Quinn family's veteran is back on his favoured turf looking well handicapped
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EMPIRESTATEOFMIND shouldn't be underestimated for his turf return in the William Hill Bet £10 Get £10 Spring Mile Handicap (1.50) at Doncaster this afternoon.
While the John and Sean Quinn trainee has yet to get his head in front in eight starts on the all-weather, his 6-31 strike rate on turf is impressive, particularly for a horse who regularly plies his trade in big-field handicaps.
The latest victory came against 15 rivals at York in October, when Empirestateofmind edged out Thunder Roar by a nose.
My selection wasn't discredited as the 9-2 favourite when sixth in a valuable event at the Curragh the following month before four handicap defeats during the all-weather season.
This story is from the March 29, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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