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Valhalla Vision scores for Hughes

Tue 2nd Jun 2009, 19:47

Curragh trainer, Dessie Hughes saddled 12/1 shot Valhalla Vision to run out a 1 3/4 length winner of The St John's Literary Centre Handicap Hurdle in the hands of Roger Loughran for owner Gerry Burke.

Winning trainer Hughes said, "He's not a bad horse on that ground. We'll probably send him over fences around Galway time."

Jockeys Trainers D Hughes Roger Loughran

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