IT was great to see Bangor’s Clare Cannon saddle a winner at Leopardstown last Thursday evening. The Oisin Orr-partnered Innamorare got up to beat the 9/4 favourite Raphael by one and a quarter lengths in the mile handicap for three-year-olds.

The Intense Focus filly runs in the colours of the trainer’s father Geoff on whose behalf Clare purchased the now dual winner for just €2,000 at the 2016 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. Innamorare’s unraced dam Duchess Dee (by Bachelor Duke) is a half-sister to the listed-winner and Grade 2 placed mare Cayman Sunset (by Night Shift) and to the Grade 2 hurdle winner I’m Supposin (by Posen) who was third to Istabraq in the 1998 Champion Hurdle.