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- Review bellewstown 26th Aug
Review bellewstown 26th Aug
< Toberogan won the corresponding James Gogarty Stone Handicap at Bellewstown last year as a 25-1 chance and repeated the dose 12 months later when sent off at 20-1, this time under Keagan Latham.
Delighted trainer Willie Murphy said: "Keagan was fabulous on him, he gave him a great ride.
"He followed my instructions to a tee.
"I walked the track earlier and I couldn't believe the horses were coming up by the rail as the ground is good by the wings of the hurdles."
Gary Carroll's hot streak continued as the young rider struck on Firm Foundations in the Thomas Jenkinson Memorial EBF Maiden.
The 20-year-old shot to prominence in England last week when bagging the Ebor at York for Willie Mullins on the mare Sesenta, and this success on Michael Mulvany's 14-1 chance gave him a seventh in the last fortnight.
However, the youngster was interviewed by the stewards with regard to his use of the whip and was ruled to have been guilty of using it with excessive frequency.
He was suspended for one day.
Mulvany said of his charge, who was getting off the mark at the eighth attempt: "She's a very rough sort of a filly and very hard to ride.
"We don't know where we're going to go next, we were just really trying to find out what her trip is."
The powerhouse team of Kevin Prendergast and Declan McDonough struck in the opening Irish Portable Cottages Nursery with Midnight Mover (5-1)
The Bahamian Bounty filly appeared to relish the testing conditions and appeared suited by the testing conditions.
Midnight Mover did get pretty close with the runner-up and favourite Money Trader but after a stewards' inquiry the placings remained unaltered.
Winning owner Joseph McGrath said: "The ground is very slow out there but it helped us and Declan said she battled very well."
John McConnell was a happy man after 7-4 favourite Lyle Lady took the Tally Ho Stud Auction Maiden Auction under Shane Foley.
The Curragh trainer said: "Job done really. Her half-brother was sold for & euro;77,000 at the Doncaster Sales on Tuesday. She's a