Tipperary Racing Scene

Sam Coen landed back-to-back winners at Killarney on Monday week last where he was successful on horses trained by Andy Slattery and David Marnane.

He took the first of the day’s eight-furlong handicaps on the Slattery-trained 85/40 favourite Suir Monard who scored a two and a half-length win over Ross O'Sullivan’s 10/1 chance Down The Glen.

It was far tighter as Jasmine Affanalis completed the leading apprentice’s double in the second of the eight-furlong handicaps. A 9/2 chance for the A Touch Of Leather Syndicate, the four-year-old led inside the final furlong to beat Paul Flynn’s 5/1 chance Nibras Rainbow.

Donnacha O'Brien took the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Navigation Stakes with the Al Shaqab Racing-owned Shaihaan.

In a tight finish, with the first four horses home separated by just a length and a half, the Chris Hayes-ridden 3/1 favourite scored by three-parts of a length from David Marnane’s 7/2 chance Manton Bay.

Paddy Twomey won the 11-furlong fillies and mares’ maiden with the 12/1 chance Cailin Miorruilach who is owned in partnership by Michael Ryan and Liverpool and Wales great Ian Rush. She held off Aidan O'Brien’s 2/7 favourite Together Now by three-parts of a length.

4/11 favourite State Pension took the two-mile maiden hurdle for owner Alistair Spittal and trainer Harry Kelly at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Ridden by Cian Quirke, six-year-old was easy right down close to the finish as he beat Henry de Bromhead’s 7/2 chance Midtown Manhattan by four and a half lengths.

Fire Coral made all the running to land the two and three-quarter-mile mares’ handicap hurdle for trainer Sam Curling and the Keep It Pucked Out Syndicate at Galway on Tuesday.

Ridden by Phillip Enright, the 5/1 shot saw off the challenge of Anthony McCann’s 100/30 chance Grace Faraday by a length and a half.

Cian Quirke made it two winners in two days when partnering the seven-year-old Springboard to take the two and a quarter-mile handicap chase for owner/trainer Michael McDonagh.

The 7/1 shot challenged on the long run for home and led close to the finish to win by half a length from Shark Hanlon’s 16/1 chance My Cullen.

Ben Coen rode both winners as Curragh trainer Danny McLoughlin recorded his first double in the opening two races at Navan on Wednesday.

They landed the near six-furlong median auction maiden for two-year-olds on the Guy O’Callaghan-owned Layla Belle. A 9/1 chance, she got up in the final stride to pip Andy Slattery’s 5/1 shot Miss Mona Keeba, ridden by Andrew Slattery, by a shorthead.

It was far easier for 15/8 favourite Lilli’s Angel who completed the doubles in the maiden over the same distance.

In McLoughlin’s own colours, the three-year-old led over a furlong out to beat the Clare O’Connell-trained 16/1 chance Dreaminthejungle by three and three-parts of a length.

Jockey Andrew Slattery got his own back on Ben Coen when getting the 9/2 chance Expert Dancer, trained by his father Andy, home to win the eight-furlong fillies’ handicap.

Incredibly, a shorthead was the margin as the Maurice Aherne-owned three-year-old got up to deny Johnny Murtagh’s 2/1 favourite Divine Legend in the final few strides.

And the father and son team quickly secured a double of their own as the Finbarr Walsh-owned Kodi Brown scored an easier win in the opening division of the 10-furlong handicap.

On her first start since November of last year, the 9/1 chance led passing the two-furlong pole and drew away to win by three and a quarter lengths from Sheila Lavery’s 25/1 chance Suerte.

Joseph O'Brien landed another winner as the 4/11 favourite Jesus Green easily took the eight-furlong maiden. With Joey Sheridan in the saddle, the two-year-old led over a furlong out to record a three-length success over Aidan O'Brien’s 3/1 chance Choctaw Nation.

Thurles

Andy & Andrew Slattery were on the mark again at Thurles on Thursday where the Sean Greaney-owned King Christoph ran out the all-the-way winner of the eight-furlong auction series maiden. The 11/8 shot was a length and a quarter too strong for his fellow joint-favourite Dawnmore.

Apprentice Jimmy Dalton won the 12-furlong handicap with on the Tom Mullins-trained 100/30 joint-favourite Max Meridius.

Leading on the run out of the back straight, the Helen Mullins-owned five-year-old stretched clear over a furlong from home to win by all of seven lengths from this fellow market leader, the Henry de Bromhead-trained Red Glory.

Ballycahill trainer Edward Power landed the two-mile maiden with the 11/4 chance Sunny South West.

Owned by Sean Dalton, the six-year-old easily saw off Jim Bolger’s 13/8 favourite Teofil by three and a half lengths and now heads to Cheltenham later this month for a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle where he will be ridden by Michael Kenneally who was on board for this success.

Joey Sheridan brought his tally for the season to 55 winners when partnering Natalia Lupini’s The Pipeman to land the seven-furlong two-year-old maiden.

Always up with the pace, the 8/1 chance led over a furlong out and drew right away to win by eight lengths from the David Marnane-trained 9/1 chance Jacob’s Journey.

The Ben Coen-ridden Hellorhighwater completed a double for Lupini in the eight-furlong handicap. The 100/30 shot led inside the final furlong to beat Ado McGuinness’ Exquisite Acclaim by a length and a quarter.

Coen then landed a second winner of his own in the concluding 12-furlong handicap on the very-well fancied four-year-old Fixation, trained by Johnny Murtagh.

Running in the colours of JP Murtagh Racing, the 11/8 favourite led early in the race and again over a furlong from home to beat Richard O’Brien’s 11/2 shot Quatre Bras by a length and a half to give Coen his second double of the week.

It was far tighter as the Evanna McCutcheon-trained Send Harry and Adam Browne-Souza had earlier won the second division of the seven-furlong handicap.

In the colours of the Golden Brown Syndicate, the 100/30 chance also led over a furlong out to beat 13/2 chance Coasting, another trained by David Marnane, by three-parts of a length.

Jockey Andrew Slattery set himself up for his second double of the week when landing a 20/1 winner in the colours of Claire Manning as Admired Beauty scored a last-gasp success in the opening eight-furlong maiden at Naas on Saturday.

Trained by the owner’s grandfather Jim Bolger, the two-year-old challenged Joe Murphy’s 6/1 chance Ted’s Turn inside the final furlong and led in the final strides to win by shorthead.

Slattery’s second winner, his fifth of the week, came on the 5/6 favourite Therewillbeglory in the seven-furlong fillies’ maiden.

A fourth success in six days for the jockey’s father Andy, the Pleasant Star Syndicate-owned four-year-old eased away from Ger Lyons’ 9/2 chance Justicar from over a furlong out to win by five lengths.

Ben Coen and Johnny Murtagh added to their win at Dundalk on the previous evening as the Noel Hartley-owned Pink Venom completed a hat-trick of handicap wins in the six-furlong Birdcatcher Nursery.

The strong 11/10 favourite won with plenty in hand once again as she came from off the pace to beat Joe Murray’s 9/2 chance Oristown Boy by two and three-parts of a length.

Joey Sheridan brought his week’s tally to four when riding two of Joseph O'Brien’s three winners at Naas on Sunday.

He was in the saddle as the Eleanora Kennedy and Ronan Hurley-owned Formous took the near six-furlong fillies’ maiden in fine style. The 3/1 joint-favourite raced to a comfortable two and a quarter-length success over Jim Bolger’s 7/2 shot Ita Florence.

Sheridan was also on board the Janine Byrne-owned 100/30 chance Princess Child who got up on the line to deny Ger Lyons’ 9/4 favourite Faiyum by a shorthead in the Listed Garnet Stakes.

Joseph O’Brien scored a 1-2 in the Listed Bluebell Stakes with the Jamie Powell-ridden Snapretend winning at odds of 25/1.

Owned and bred by John Farrell, the four-year-old led well before halfway and stuck to her task to hold off the late run of her own stable companion Beset, the Joey Sheridan-ridden 11/10 favourite, by half a length.

Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore were responsible for the day’s easiest winner Bengal Tiger. The 2/9 favourite made all the running and pulled clear over a furlong out to win by all of twelve lengths from the Adrian Sexton-trained 66/1 chance One Flash.

Fethard’s Jimmy Dalton bagged his second winner of the week when taking the 12-furlong apprentice handicap on the John Harney-trained Pure Granite.

An 11/2 chance, the four-year-old raced up with the pace and led inside the final furlong to win by three-parts of a length from Noel Meade’s Love Orchid, another at odds of 11/2.

Ben Coen and Johnny Murtagh added to their wins earlier in the week as the Newtown Anner Stud Farm-owned Vanir scored a taking victory in the concluding 10-furlong handicap.

Leading before halfway, the 4/1 joint-favourite asserted with two furlongs to race and came home two lengths clear of the Don Browne-owned and trained 10/1 chance Speckled Meadow, winner of the same race last year.

At Cork on Sunday, Harry Swan won the concluding bumper on the 5/1 shot Klassical Kid. Trained by Colm Ryan, the four-year-old led well inside the final furlong to beat the Edward Power-trained Rokanako, another at the same odds, by two and three-parts of a length.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Punchestown – Wednesday, October 14th (First race 1.35pm)

Curragh – Thursday, October 15th (First race 1.00pm)

Dundalk – Friday, October 16th (First race 5.30pm)

Limerick – Saturday, October 17th (First race 1.45pm)

Leopardstown – Saturday, October 17th (First race 1.57pm)

Limerick – Sunday, October 18th (First race 2.00pm)

Leopardstown – Sunday, October 18th (First race 2.16pm)

Gowran Park – Monday, October 19th (first race 2.10pm)

Curragh – Tuesday, October 20th (first race 12.55pm)