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The 42
05-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
English amateur Lottie Woad poised for victory at Irish Open
LOTTIE WOAD IS in pole position for victory at the Irish Open after the English amateur took a seven-shot lead into the final round at Carton House tomorrow. Woad's second 67 of the weekend put her on 17-under par. Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden is in second spot on 10-under, while Australian Kirsten Rudgeley is one back in third. Advertisement Ireland's Anna Foster moves up to six under at the KPMG Women's Irish Open as she leads the home challenge 📺 Watch live @rteone - 📱 Leaderboard - — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) July 5, 2025 Anna Foster is currently the strongest Irish challenger after nine birdies gave the Dubliner a share of ninth on seven-under par. There was one double bogey on the par four fifth, but Foster responded with three birdies from her next five holes and finished strongly with gains on 15, 17 and 18. Leona Maguire produced a 70 to get up to 29th on Saturday. The Cavan native made a strong start to her round with a birdie on the second and three more before the turn. Maguire wasn't able to sustain that momentum, however, and while she birdied 14 that was in between bogeys on the 12th and 15th. For the other Irish in action, Emma Fleming is on level par and Canice Screene on five-over.
RTÉ News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Jade De Grugy proves too good for Brighterdaysahead t Punchestown
Jade De Grugy produced a career-best performance to continue Willie Mullins' recent domination of the SBK Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle at Punchestown. The Closutton handler had saddled eight of the last 10 winners of the Grade One contest and having finished best of the rest behind esteemed stablemate Lossiemouth in the Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, Jade De Grugy was even-money to add to his tally. Jade De Grugy wins the Grade 1 Mares Champion Hurdle under Paul Townend. Watch the final day of the #PunchestownFestival now on @rteone & @rteplayer #RTEsport — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) May 3, 2025 After initially being settled in third place by Paul Townend, the six-year-old was allowed to stride on in front heading out for the second circuit, a move which was covered by her main rival Brighterdaysahead, who was bidding to bounce back from a disappointing run in the Champion Hurdle. The big two were clear of the chasing pack rounding the home turn and Jade De Grugy always looked to be going the better, pulling further ahead in the straight to score by six and a half lengths. A tiring Brighterdaysahead was eventually beaten to the runner-up spot by the winner's stablemate Gala Marceau. Mullins said of the winner: "She's a mare that's been improving all year. Nicer ground was a big help and tactically Paul was brilliant. "Brighterdaysahead probably just had a very hard race at Christmas and she never really recovered from it. "We're delighted to be able to win a Grade One with a filly like this and I'd say we'll probably train her for the Mares' Hurdle again next year."
