Bentesina wins for Howard

Bentesina bounced back to her best when defying top-weight to land the Eamon Sheridan Plant Hire Handicap. This was the mare's third success in Ireland.

The former John Kiely trained mare had run up a sequence of duck eggs, but on her second start for Aidan Howard she produced a fine performance to hold the late challenge of favourite Hamalka by the narrowest of short-heads.