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Halford hopes Doctor Grace has right prescription again

Doctor Grace  Doctor Grace
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Mick Halford's Doctor Grace bids to supplement recent Dundalk gains when returning to the Polytrack on Wednesday.

The Buratino filly made the breakthrough in the 47-65 grade when keeping on strongly to score by three and a quarter lengths at the start of the month.

She is due to run over the same trip, but is significantly up in grade (0-85) in the three-year-old Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap.

Halford said: "She has only got 8st 8lb, she sneaks in at the bottom of the handicap.

"She has gone from low grade into a higher grade, obviously, but the way she won the last night, she is entitled to take her chance.

"I was impressed with her in the last furlong. She went from just going to win to winning well at the line.

"It will be a smallish field, so we will let her take her chance and see."

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.