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Review wexford 27th Jul
Something Graceful (No.4) leads close home for Ronan Whelan
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Trainer Jim Bolger and jockey Ronan Whelan enjoyed a four-timer at Wexford, including Something Graceful s last-gasp success in the Slaney Handicap.
The even-money favourite looked to be in trouble when the pacesetting Benbecula stretched clear on the home turn.
But Whelan timed it right on Something Graceful, getting up close home to score by half a length, with Benbecula forced to share second place with the fast-finishing Phangio
The treble was instigated when Morga ran out a convincing winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
The 7-2 chance swept to the front on the turn for home and found plenty for Whelan's urgings, coming home four and a quarter lengths ahead of favourite Fire And Flame
Whelan left it late on Irish Bulletin (3-1), who got up on the line to deny Flowing Air in the Audrey McGrath Memorial Handicap and collect the treble, while the final leg of the four-timer came in the Gorey Rated Race, when Whelan's mount Star Power (2-1 favourite) proved too strong for the front-running Toretto < Jan Van Eyck (5-2) finished with a flourish to make it two wins on the bounce in the Sile Seoige Judges Littlewoods Ireland Ladies Day Rated Race.< Madam Mo looked to have her rivals in trouble half a mile from home, but Jan Van Eyck tracked her through and after striking for home over a furlong out under Shane Foley, he went on to score by two lengths.< Light Storm Cass stamped her authority on the Littlewoods Ireland Ladies Day Maiden to score under Wayne Lordan.< Burnt Sienna had got the better of a battle with odds-on favourite Papaya after the home turn, but Tommy Stack's 4-1 chance finished best of all to score by a length.
Connections of Kims Dream will be glad they got the chance to run as the reserve sluiced up in the Racecourse Challenge For Cystic Fibrosis Handicap.