Dance's class kicks in

A second race at Punchestown and a second winner at odds of 4/6 as Let's Dance landed the spoils in the Listed Frontline Security Grabel (Mares) Hurdle under Ruby Walsh. Shattered Love (11/8 second favourite) had the Willie Mullins-trained winner on the stretch from the second last hurdle.

However Let's Dance got to her rival from before the last, and from there she galloped on well for a two and three parts of a length win.

It was 20/1 bar the front two in the market, and they not surprisingly left Sweet Cherry all of twenty seven lengths back in third.

"The conditions of the race suited her, and she didn't do any more than we were hoping for. Ruby felt the ground was a bit softer than described," disclosed Mullins.

"I thought she was in trouble after the second last but she got galloping in the straight. She has a bit of class and it kicked in.

"She is still a novice and we will probably stick to mares' novice races. She would have no trouble going up to two and a half miles, and in a faster run race she could go back to two miles."

(AM & EM)