Dyrholaey wins on debut

There were some great scenes at Chelmsford on Thursday evening as Dyrholaey made a winning debut for his delighted owners.

The three-year-old has always been a horse trainer Archie Watson has held in some regard and made a really likeable start to his racing career, overcoming an average break and poor track position to come home strongly and win.

With plenty of his horse racing syndicate present to greet him into the winners enclosure, there were lots of smiling faces as top jockey Hollie Doyle debriefed owners about how Dyrholaey had won on his debut.

Dyrholaey is a name that’s garnered a lot of interest so far. A famous landmark in Iceland, it literally means ‘the hill island with the door hole’ and is a stunning location by all accounts.

For his part, the three-year-old by City Light is a pretty impressive physical himself and impressed Hollie Doyle in success here, with Hollie reporting that she felt she had more in hand than the narrow margin implied and that she was sure Dyrholaey would improve plenty for this first taste of racecourse action.

With Archie holding him in some regard and Hollie impressed, we’ll look forward to what comes next for this exciting three-year-old with much anticipation.

The win maintains our strong start to 2024 and suggests Dyrholaey is a name more and more people will become familiar with as the year progresses.

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