Pipes wins again at Foxrock

Creggs Pipes provided Killenaule trainer Andy Slattery with his first winner at Leopardstown when scoring here back in June, and she repeated the feat as the well-backed favourite in Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap.

Declan McDonogh again adopted the front-running tactics successful here before, and the 7/4 chance kept on well inside the final furlong to beat Peace Mission by a length and a quarter. Bainne kept on well in the closing stages to be just a head further back in third.

Ground conditions were on the fast side, officially good to firm, but not particularly suitable as Slattery commented, "The ground was my biggest fear, and I wouldn't like to run her on that kind of ground again. She may head to Listowel and hopefully we can get soft ground there.

"I've been waiting for soft ground but not getting it. I think she will improve over the winter as she still has to fill out and strengthen up."