Shrink and Joy two to take from Ballinaboola Thinklike A Shrink was undoubtedly the most impressive winner at Ballinaboola point-to-point yesterday, the Vincent Halley trained newcomer running out an easy winner of division one of the Tattersalls Maiden for five and six-year-old mares. The daughter of Subtle Power, who is out of four time track winner Fey Macha, was well supported in the ring, and went off favourite under Paul Power. Having raced in third, she was sent to the front before three out, and while she wasn’t fluent over the last, she had enough in hand to come home an easy ten length victor. Calundra, who is a half-sister to Cootamundra, dead-heated for second with West Legend. Vincent Halley, who was recording his eleventh point-to-point winner of the season, said afterwards: "She is a lovely, big strapping mare. "I was expecting her to win today but I think she will be a nicer mare when she is stepped down in trip. "A mares bumper will hopefully be her next stop, I’ll have to speak to the owners but that what we were thinking. "Debbie’s (owner) husband Gerry would be a cousin of my father, and they bred the mare themselves. "I would say they will hold on to her, but I will have to speak to them." The second division of this contest also went to a newcomer, with Wexford handler Stacey Stafford recording her second win in the training ranks, as her Triplets Joy ran out a convincing winner. This daughter of Arcadio was sent off a general 6/1 chance, and she was prominent throughout under Jason McKeown. She was battling out the finish with the favourite Sophie Webster, under Roger Quinlan for Sam Curling, in the home straight, but that one ran out before the last. This left five-year-old victor to come home a comfortable eleven lengths in front, with the Andrew Latta trained newcomer Lecale finishing second, after Glorias Princess fell at the last. Stacey Stafford said afterwards: "This is my second winner, I had a winner, Made You Look, at Lingstown a few years ago. "I train in Davidstown, near Enniscorthy and I use Paul Nolan’s gallop. "She is owned by my father Dom, I bought her off Justin Brown and I gave her to Daddy as a birthday present, and the rest is history as they say. "I don’t know what I will do with her now. I thought she would be more of a track mare than a point-to-point mare myself, but she was hardy enough and went on and did it anyway. "Daddy will keep I would think, he gets loads of fun out of this."
