Bronagh's Belle finds ideal conditions to bolt up His brother Tom's Lucky Icon went off the 2/1 favourite but it was Willie Mullins' Bronagh's Belle (10s into 8s) that triumphed in the concluding Leopardstown "Summer Pass" Handicap. Once Leigh Roche engineered a clear passage through on the High Chaparral filly there was only going to be one outcome, and she ultimately slammed Temasek Star by two and three parts of a length. The aforementioned Lucky Icon disappointed badly beating only two home. "She travelled around nicely. We didn't go a mad gallop early on and about five furlongs out started to quicken up," stated Roche. "She quickened up well, and that's her trip and that's her ground. Hopefully there is another day in her if the handicapper is not too hard on her." R. Coakley, rider of Park Row trained by D P Coakley, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount hung right during this race. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Lucky Icon, trained by Thomas Mullins, at the request of the Stewards and reported the animal to be (to follow). (AM & EM)
