Swelter looks another hot prospect for Weld Swelter completed a double on the afternoon for Dermot Weld and Chris Hayes when taking the Group 3 Ballylinch Stud ‘Priory Belle’ Stakes at odds of 6/1 in Leopardstown. The Juddmonte homebred daughter of Kingman led a furlong out and kept on well to beat 5/6 favourite Exactly by a length and a quarter with Cercene finishing best of all just half-a-length further away in third. Weld said, “I’d say it was a good renewal of the race, a very competitive Group 3. I was delighted with her as it was only her second start. “She won over a mile here last year and my concern was that seven might be a little too sharp for her. “My reason for running her was that she would learn a lot from it, and I thought she came home very nicely. “We’ll see how she comes out of the race, but my present thoughts would be to head for something like the Irish 1,000 Guineas. “She is a filly that will hopefully get ten furlongs as the season progresses.” Weld and Hayes were also on the mark earlier when Tarima made a winning debut in the fillies maiden.
