Dawn Hoofer shows her toughness in Co Kerry Dawn Hoofer picked up her third victory of the campaign when staying on stoutly in the extended mile and three handicap at Killarney. She wore down front-running Bibliotheca to hit the front over a furlong out. The three-year-old Dawn Approach filly was kept up to her work in the latter stages to come home by half a length from fast-finishing Dancing Doll (12/1). Nanabad (16/1) came in third, beaten two and a quarter lengths by the winner. Jockey Kevin Manning said: "She's very tough and the more racing she gets the more she seems to be improving. "It was a very good run (at Leopardstown on Thursday), I just got outstayed the last 100 yards or so. "I was just a little bit worried by Henry de Bromhead's (Birth Of Venus) who was meeting me on a little bit better terms. I thought the step up in trip would suit his as well. "She keeps going forward and seems to handle any ground. Trip is not a huge issue either."
