Enfranchise provided Shark Hanlon with his first Listed winner on the Flat when taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vintage Tipple Stakes in fine style at Gowran Park.
Johnny Murtagh and Ben Coen were just denied in the opener with Ebanza but soon went one better when teaming up to take the New Sponsors Lounge At Gowran Park Maiden with Chicago Fireball.
Cill Mocheallog made most of the running and rallied gamely inside the final furlong to land the opening Societies Welcome At Gowran Park Maiden.
Joy for Charlie Appleby was short-lived at Chester when Hidden Law tragically suffered a fatal injury soon after passing the winning post as an impressive victor of the feature Boodles Chester Vase Stakes.
Forest Fairy enhanced her Betfred Oaks claims with a narrow victory in the Weatherbys E-Passport Cheshire Oaks at Chester.
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I'm from a place called Eadestown, just outside Naas, beside Punchestown racecourse. I had a pony when I was younger at home and I was kind of mad for a bit of speed! I got into Michael Halford's when I was 12 or 13. I rode out there on my school holidays and weekends for five years before I left school. There were some brilliant lads in Michael Halford's at the time like Sean Corby, who rode as an apprentice for a while, Shane Foley was stable jockey and Conor Hoban was apprentice there. You can see from Michael Halford's track record, he had some brilliant apprentices over the years including Gary Carroll. It was a great place to learn and I learned plenty. I was still very weak and green and I wasn't quite sure whether I was going to be good enough to be a jockey but, in fairness, it was the route for me. I had a crack at college in Carlow, but I didn't enjoy that - I only lasted about three weeks! I missed the horses a lot.
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The British National Hunt season went out with a bang on Saturday at Sandown when Willie Mullins was crowned Champion British Trainer for the very first time.
His end of season assault on the British tracks was nothing short of epic with 36 runners at 6 different tracks in little over a week yielding 9 victories, including the Scottish Grand National, bet365 Gold Cup and the Grade Two Select Hurdle to seal the title.
By Tom Weekes - GOLDANA was withdrawn due to a change in going at the Curragh on Monday and contests a lesser and easier stakes race today. Well suited by a mile, she won a recent Listed race at Leopardstown, has performed well at a high level and is dependable. Snowcapped disappointed on her most recent start last October, where she may have been unsuited by that 1m4f distance but had previously shown useful distance form and returns from a winter's break. Stablemate Villanova Queen was Group 3-placed as a juvenile and won last year's Kensington Palace Handicap at Royal Ascot but would prefer drier ground and on jockey bookings, is second-string.
