Bridle Path and Kevin Manning swoop to conquer nearside© Photo Healy Racing
Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning doubled their score at Dundalk as Bridle Path swooped late to register a victory in the Big Bad Bob (Fillies) Maiden.
Coolcullen had sent out a winning favourite in race three, with Mandatario and here Bridle Path also headed the market (2/1) on her first venture solely pitted against her own sex.
The victorious Teofilo four-year-old finished off well to defeat Lunada by a length.
"They went very fast and I was drawn wide so struggled to get across," revealed Manning.
"They went very very quick and I was further back than ideal but I was hoping they would come back and they did inside the final furlong.
"I was tracking Pat as I thought he was the one. I was concerned that we had let them go a little bit but the pace they were going they had to come back.
"That was very important as she's a very well bred filly."
W.M. Lordan, rider of Trojan Valley trained by Patrick Downey, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount sustained a leg injury and unseated him while racing independently.
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