Successful week of winners for local trainers and riders

Tipperary Racing Scene

A winner at the track in April and a runner-up over the same course and distance two weeks previously, Gotomylovely landed the nine-furlong fillies’ handicap at Gowran Park.

Ridden for Fozzy Stack by Joey Sheridan, the well-supported 11/2 chance made much of the running and battled well to hold off the persistent challenge of the Gavin Cromwell-trained Kayahana by a head.

Aidan O'Brien shared success in the opening two races at the Curragh on Wednesday with Ryan Moore.

The newcomer Amadeus Mozart led home a Ballydoyle 1-2 in the seven-furlong maiden for two-year-olds. A 10/11 favourite, he led over a furlong out to beat the Wayne Lordan-ridden Dorset by half a length.

It was a little easier for Flushing Meadows which made his own winning debut in the six-furlong two-year-old maiden. At odds of 5/2, he led inside the final furlong to win by a length and a half from Daniel McLoughlin’s long shot The Piper’s Call.

A runner-up with 13/8 favourite Jannah Star to John O'Donoghue’s It’s A Heartbeat in the preceding 12-furlong fillies’ maiden, Joseph O'Brien went a place better to win the 14-furlong handicap with 2/1 chance Mr Percy.

Ridden by Wayne Hassett, the Simon Munir and Isaac Souede-owned five-year-old battled well to beat Ger O’Leary’s Jabbar by a neck.

Three lengths was the winning margin as 7/1 chance Midnight Horizon won the handicap over the extended six furlongs for Denis Hogan and Joey Sheridan.

The Patrick O’Brien-owned three-year-old had any amount in hand as she came home clear of the Michael Butler-trained Rion Rubette to give Sheridan his second winner in three days.

The Ben Coen-ridden Zahrann ran out a most impressive winner of the 12-furlong Listed King George V Cup at Leopardstown on Thursday.

Losing a little ground to his rivals from the stalls, the well-supported Johnny Murtagh-trained 5/2 chance raced in last place before making his move turning into the straight. Leading early inside the final furlong and then edging left, he raced clear to beat Paddy Twomey’s Arouet by two and a quarter lengths.

Wayne Hassett rode his second winner in two days when partnering the Ger O’Leary-trained Love Billy Boy to land the apprentice handicap over an extended seven furlongs.

Hassett had narrowly beaten the trainer’s Jabbar for his Curragh success a little under 24 hours earlier, but this time teamed up the Curragh handler’s 7/2 chance to beat Sheila Lavery’s fast-finishing favourite Fort Vega by half a length in the colours of the Purosangue Racing Syndicate.

Aidan O'Brien and Wayne Lordan had won the opening seven-furlong fillies’ two-year-old maiden with 3/1 shot Moments Of Joy at Leopardstown on Thursday.

She battled well when challenged by Henry de Bromhead’s Little Sure Shot inside the final furlong to score by half a length with Ryan Moore back in third place on the winner’s stable companion Minerva, the uneasy 8/15 favourite.

Gavin Ryan got the Mark Fahey-trained Refreshment up in the final stride to land the concluding eight-furlong handicap. The 20/1 chance overcame a wide draw and came with a late effort to pip Andy Slattery’s Faoladh by a shorthead.

Success on the Paddy Twomey-trained King Cuan rounded of a quickfire treble for Billy Lee at Fairyhouse on Friday.

The four-year-old, who didn’t race at all last season, notched up his fourth win from just six starts when leading a furlong out to beat the Pat Foley-trained Tango Flare, winner of this race for the past two seasons, by a cosy two and a half lengths.

Lee was on the mark earlier on the card on the Willie McCreery-trained Germanese and Andy Oliver’s Orchidaceae respectively as he brought his season’s tally to thirty winners.

The Joe Murphy-trained Dolce Far Niente completed a double for jockey Gary Carroll when winning the opening leg of the 10-furlong handicap.

An 8/1 chance, she led in the early stages of the race and again two furlongs out to score by a length and a half from the Paul Nolan-trained Felicity Smoak. Carroll had earlier won on Gavin Cromwell’s Mo Chroi in the maiden over the same distance.

The Full Of Hope Syndicate-owned four-year-old Tassarolo won the opening two-mile maiden hurdle for trainer Denis Hogan at Clonmel on Friday.

A well-supported 3/1 favourite, he led before the second-last hurdle under Gavin Brouder and saw off the challenge of the Aidan Howard-trained Bhean Saibhre by two and three-parts of a length.

The John Ryan-trained Smallcraftwarning landed a number of bets himself when winning the handicap hurdle over the same distance in the hands of Liam McKenna. Owned by the We Win Farming Syndicate, the strong 7/2 favourite went clear from the second-last hurdle to beat Tony Mullins’ Granpa Ger by three lengths.

Harry Swan and trainer Gordon Elliott combined to win the concluding bumper with the 4/1 shot Stede Bonnet. The four-year-old led early in the straight and went clear to score by six and a half lengths from Stuart Crawford’s Watch Hill.

Aidan O'Brien landed his first winner on Saturday at Navan where the Jack Cleary-ridden Warsaw made a winning debut in the opening five-furlong two-year-old maiden. An 18/1 chance, he headed his own stable companion, the Billy Lee-ridden odds-on favourite Kansas, over a furlong out and at the line had two and three-parts of a length to spare over Michael O'Callaghan’s Fairy Oak with Kansas half a length away in third place.

Three-parts of a length was the winning margin as the Nathan Crosse-ridden Bellacanta landed the 10-furlong median auction fillies’ maiden. Trained by Willie McCreery, the 14/1 shot made the running but was headed inside the final furlong by Johnny Murtagh’s Treasure Rose before battling back to beat that same rival.

Fethard amateur Hannah Phillips rode her second winner when taking the two-mile three-furlong ladies’ handicap hurdle on the Paul Nolan-trained Rose Boum at Punchestown on Sunday.

The Elizabeth Walsh-owned 100/30 joint-favourite enjoyed a definite advantage on the run to the final hurdle and she stayed on to beat the Thomas Coyle-trained Divilabother by half a length.

Upcoming Meetings

Limerick – Wednesday, June 11 (First race 4.50pm)

Leopardstown – Thursday, June 12 (First race 5.15pm)

Cork – Friday, June 13 (First race 4.50pm)

Fairyhouse – Friday, June 13 (First race 5.05pm)

Downpatrick – Saturday, June 14 (First race 1.40pm)

Gowran Park – Sunday, June 15 (First race 1.55pm)

Downpatrick – Sunday, June 15 (First race 2.05pm)