Six Silver Lane gets up to beat Slim Chance with Naoise (a little unlucky, on the outer)© Photo Healy Racing
She may have lost her grand old campaigner, An Mhi, at Naas recently, but the show goes on at Joanna Morgan's Ballivor, County Meath stables and Joseph O’Brien's strength shone through as he got her Six Silver Lane home in the Dundalk Stadium on Facebook Handicap. This win was bringing up a 104/1 double for the Ballydoyle youngster as he'd earlier triumphed aboard Ishvana
In the colours of Ladbrokes public relations lady, Hayley O'Connor, O'Brien got a strong late run from mid-division on the successful Aussie Rules grey, getting him up close home. He accounted for Naoise who seemed to clip heels around a furlong out, by a neck. Shane Gray never looked happy on dual course winner Kedleston but he finished out his race well in sixth.
Ms Morgan said: "As far as I know Joseph has had five rides for me and that's four winners now and he was also third in a Group 3.
"This fellow is a big leggy horse and I always thought he'd be better this year. It would be nice to win one of those big handicaps with him.
"He does handle this surface well though. He's already won over a mile and a quarter and he needs further than that mile." (AM & EM)
