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50 up for Kelly as Sprinkles opens account

Sprinkles and Aidan KellySprinkles and Aidan Kelly
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Sprinkles opened her account, for Padraig Roche, in the first division of the 0-100 handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan.

Aidan Kelly, riding his 50th winner and reducing his claim to 3lb, produced the 8/1 shot to dispute with Farrokh going to the final flight.

The Camelot filly got on top on the run-in and went on to post a two-and-three-quarter length win as My Good Pal stayed on late to grab the runner-up spot.

“That’s great. She’s a filly that JP (McManus) leases to us and I got a good bunch of my friends in to her,” said Roche.

“She was kind of weak and as a three-year-old we thought she needed time. The lads were patient and she’s only really coming into her own now.

“It’s great to get a winner for them. We’ll look for something similar now and see where we go.”

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.