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- Decisive-winner Solar Heat gives Coen his double
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Decisive-winner Solar Heat gives Coen his double
Solar Heat burns them off in Ballinrobe
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Ben Coen brought up a 98/1 Ballinrobe double when Solar Heat drew further and further clear in the apprentice handicap over an extended mile and five.
The nine-year-old daughter of Jeremy made her move for home two and a half furlongs out and powered away from her rivals.
In the straight, she piled on the misery as she galloped home strongly to score by a whopping 11 lengths at 8/1 for trainer Dot Love. Lleyton (12/1) got up for second by a neck from Born By The Sea (16/1).
Assistant trainer Ciaran Murphy said: "She's a tricky customer but on her form she was entitled to win, though we didn't think it'd be that impressive.
"It's lovely and in fairness Louis and Michael and the syndicate picked out this race a while ago. They are from down here, they wanted to go for it and we said we'd have a crack at it.
"The first day in Galway will be the plan now. The handicap hurdle will be the race - she was second there before - and we'll have a go at that.
"She'd had a little rest and that'll leave her perfect for it. That's her ground - she loves that, just with a yield in it."
Coen was earlier successful on Stormy Tale (10/1) in the Tote Handicap over an extended nine furlongs.
Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy