The Jim Bolger trained Qatari Hunter completed a handicap hat-trick of wins in the Silken Thomas & Lock 13 Handicap at the Curragh today.

Ridden again by Bolger’s stable jockey Kevin Manning, the son of Footstepsinthesand had to battle for success today and in the end held the late challenge of Alishan

Bolger later stated “he'll go for more of the same and is all right at that trip. I wouldn't be sure that he would get a mile and a half, and I'm not in a hurry to find out. He did well to get through on the ground, and may be in Kuwait (for owner Mubarak Al Naemi) for Christmas!"

By Tom Weekes, quotes from Alan Magee