Sheilas Wish comes true

Colin Keane hugged the rail on Sheilas Wish and brought the filly home to win her first race in the apprentice handicap at Wexford after 14 starts.

Keane pushed the filly out in the final furlong to win comfortably by four and a quarter lengths from Sian and Annie Go who travelled well under Emmet McNamara, but didn’t find enough when asked.

The winner was returned at 9/2, but paid just over 7/1 on the Tote. The runner-up was backed from 25/1 to 9/1 and the third was a 5/1 shot.

In-form John McConnell trains the winner and he commented: “I’m delighted with that, especially for her owner Peter Commane. He puts his heart and soul into it and does all the race planning for her.

“She won well and deserved it. She’s very well bred. Her dam (Danse Royale) is half sister to Marju and Salsabil. Her dam herself won a Group 3.

“Obviously she doesn’t mind the ground and hopefully she’ll pick up another one. She will probably stay in training as a five-year-old.”

This was McConnell's fourth winner in a week.

(on course reporting by Donal Murphy)