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Coulstys Way lays down the law

Coulstys Way closes in on Canon Law Coulstys Way closes in on Canon Law
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Coulstys Way flashed home to deny the game Canon Law late on in the BOYLE Sports Apprentice Handicap at Galway this evening.

Having clipped a heel and unseated her jockey on the turn into the straight at the festival here in July, connections were due a change of luck

It duly came as the 15/2 chance and Reece Holohan wore down the front-running 6/1 shot Canon Law in the final few strides to win by half a length, the pair nine and a half lengths clear of Soaring Sun , at odds of 20/1, in third place.

The race was started by flag after a reported stalls malfunction.

Patrick Magee, who trains the winning four-year-old for owner Charles Cranston, said “She has been unlucky all year; she didn't get much of a run in Listowel and I trained her for the festival here in July but she got brought down, when I think she'd have finished second.

"It is great to get that and Charles Cranston and his mates have been very patient. She loves soft ground, so she'll be kept busy now and will rock on to Listowel."

Quotes from Tom Weekes at Galway

1st
15/2
Tote €9.50 €3.00
2nd
0.5L
6/1
€2.50
3rd
9.5L
20/1
€5.50
4th
0.5L
11/2
bf
nk
10/3JFav
bf
12L
10/3JFav
About Shane Redmond
Shane joined Irish Racing Services in 1991 and has been involved in the horse racing industry in Ireland ever since. He worked as a racing reporter, probable SP compiler and SP reporter with Racing Services for 12 years before spending over 22 years with Horse Racing Ireland where his roles included editing the Irish Form Book between 2003 and 2014.