Jazzy Dancer gets back in the winners enclosure Jazzy Dancer bridged a losing run of nearly two years to record a fourth career win in the Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap. Owned and trained by Willie Martin, the 8/1 shot likes to force the pace and was pushed along early to gain a prominent position. Wesley Joyce’s mount was ridden to assert a furlong out before holding off the challenge of Distillate by a diminishing neck. The 100/30 favourite Alex Belardo was a further two lengths back in third. Martin’s son and assistant Mick said, “He's an eight-year-old now and we really fancied him on his last run here. He got upset in the stalls and the boys had to jump and catch him by the ear, and he sulked a bit and lay back on the gates. It was nobody's fault and he just didn't want to race. "Wesley gave him a peach. I said if he breaks, he wins. Hopefully, there is another one in him. “He is down to a winnable mark again. We'll try and get another one up here; we'll tip away with him. "He has won over five, six and seven now. His dam (Gist) won over six and seven. She was a right mare. We ran her in the Guineas and she wasn't that competitive, but we thought a lot of her. Her first foal won 16 in England, a horse called Dapper Man. We sold him as a foal, so it is good stock! We are at the end of the line now, though, that's the only thing." Quotes by Michael Graham
