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Review CURRAGH 15TH SEP

Dermot Weld, fresh from his St Leger success with Vinnie Roe, continued on his winning ways when he saddled Irresistible Jewel (7/4-2/1-7/4f) to land the Blandford Stakes to initiate a 48 = / 1 treble.

The race looked a match beforehand and so it proved when the favourite headed long time leader and market rival Chorist (5/2-9/4) inside the final furlong en route to a hard fought 1/2L victory.

'This is our proper summer and you can see we are winning plenty of races because we have finally got out ground,' said Weld, who has an 'overseas campaign' in mind for the Moyglare Stud-owned Royal Academy filly.

'She wants fast ground and we will look at races in the USA and Canada or even the Prix de l'Opera if the ground was good in Longchamp,' Weld said.

The Curragh trainer wasted little time in finding the winners enclosure again when Gowran maiden scorer Refuse To Bend swept to the front 1 =f from home and put paid to the unbeaten record of 6.4 million purchase Van Nistelrooy.

'This is a tough and solid performer and I've no doubt he'll stay 1m4f next year,' said Weld, who declared he will train the son of Sadler's Wells for next year's Sagitta 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.

The Rosewell House handler completed his 48 = /1 treble when Faadhil (5/4-6/4-5/4f) made it third time lucky when defeating newcomer Arawan (6/4-7/4-5/4jf) in the finale.

The Solonaway Stakes produced a cracking finish with English raider Umistim (9/2-4/1) putting his head in front where it mattered from warm order Blatant (2/1-5/4f) and a gallant Castle Gandolfo who attempted to make every yard a winning one.

John Oxx, who trained the runner-up, went one better in the 2m handicap when Lowlander and Niall McCullagh prevailed at the expense of the fast finishing American Gothic.

Well backed Media Puzzle (5/1-3/1f), who was supported from 10's before racing, could find no more in the closing stages and finished back in third.

Punters got the day off to the best possible start when Jim Bolger's Shizao (6/4-2/1-7/4f) justified favouritism in the hands of Kevin Manning but the jackpot of 24,295 went astray when 20/1 shot Glocca Morra won the 0-75 handicap.