BRILLIANT PENALTY PASSES AWAY

Ian Fortune

Over the weekend, there was a stunning display from Rolo Tokyo in the Carroll Memorial at Dundalk. It was a timely reminder of just how good Oi Oi Penalty, his dam, was as a brood. Sadly, the news came through last week that she is no longer with us.

A brilliant bitch on the track on both sides of the Irish Sea, she threw a number of stars since moving to the breeding paddocks. These included Trinity Junior, who won the 2023 Champion Stakes and 2023 Consolation Derby as well as reaching the final of the Juvenile Derby and St Leger in 2022.

She also threw Randolph Scotts, who captured this year’s Easter Cup in such brilliant fashion. She has a couple of litters on the ground by Grangeview Ten and Ballymac Cashout so we will have many reminders of her brilliance in the coming months and year.

She will be missed by many but especially the Slevin family for whom she was more than just a track and breeding paddocks star, she was part of the family.