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Rooney fires in first winner at Haydock

Coleen Rooney (C), wife of Manchester United football player Wayne Rooney, watches the racing during the first day of the Grand National horse racing meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England on April 12, 2012. The meeting culminates in the Grand National on Saturday which is ru
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Wayne Rooney got off the mark as an owner at Haydock this afternoon when the Elaine Burke-trained Yourartisonfire.

The colt had been fourth on his only previous outing but he was backed as if victory was expected here, and a win for the 6/4 favourite was never in doubt once jockey Michael Metcalfe had got clear.

Rooney, who had been out of luck until this success in his first year as an owner, shares ownership of the two-year-old in partnership with Sunderland defender John O'Shea among others.

Speaking afterwards Metcalfe was enthusiastic: 

"They went quite steady – you can sit and wait but I thought I would get him rolling and I always thought he would pick them up in the end. When I got him wide he picked up nicely and he'd probably even get an extra furlong the way he settled. He's very professional."

The winner was part of a treble for the stable at Haydock.

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Rooney fires in first winner at Haydock

Wayne Rooney got off the mark as an owner at Haydock this afternoon when the Elaine Burke-trained Yourartisonfire.

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