Progressive Blue Moon Boy scores for Kinirons The best finish of the afternoon at Killarney came in the apprentice handicap for three-year-olds with Blue Moon Boy (9/1) getting up close home under Julian Pietropaolo.  The lightly-raced Gustav Klimt gelding tracked the leaders and moved into contention over a furlong out. He stayed on well to get the better of Chica Guerrera well inside the final furlong and scored, a little cosily at the line, by a head.  Winning trainer Andrew Kinirons said: "He won his maiden at Galway and then ran really well in a conditions race there last month. He ran against good older horses then and the fourth (Grey Leader) won yesterday.  "I thought this was an ideal race and in fairness to Niall McCullagh, who rode him work last week, he said he'd get this distance. Julian gave him a lovely ride. "We thought a lot of him as a two-year-old but he took a bit of time and only does what he has to. He is very honest and I'm delighted for his really loyal German owner/breeder Dr Gerhard Matte, who has actually never been over to see him.  "He has done a lot of schooling, so now that he has proven he stays and handles easy ground, he should make a nice hurdler." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
