Gal getting the hang of things

Mystery Gal held the renewed challenge of Manomine to land the spoils in the four-year-old plus handicap over just under ten furlongs at Clonmel.

Chris Hayes produced his mount to head front-runner Manomine two furlongs from home and looked to have matters in control passing the furlong pole.

The long-time leader stayed on again in the closing stages, however, pushing Paul Deegan's charge to a half length margin at the line.

The 6/1 winner was making her fourth outing of the season and was a close third on her last run at Limerick.

"She has some bits and pieces of form and ran very well the last day but is still probably a bit raw,” said Deegan.

"She can go from a mile to 1m4f, is getting the hang of things now and I think there's another race in her. We'll go for something similar next."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)