Review GALWAY 8th Sep

< Honoria landed another knock-out blow for the powerful Ballydoyle team as she took the feature race at Galway, the Listed Ardilaun Hotel Oyster Stakes, under Seamus Heffernan.

The Sadler's Wells filly traded the lead with Via Galilei and they stretched clear from a long way out, with Ghimaar and Zafayra giving chase.

Via Galilei led into the straight, but Honoria (3-1) challenged hard through the final furlong and wore him down close home to score by three lengths, with favourite Ghimaar unable to get near them.

John Oxx saddled four for the A1 Dental Care Maiden, three of them in the Aga Khan's colours, but it was the odd one out who won the 12-furlong contest.

The newcomer Blues In Cee was always prominent under Fran Berry and moved up to challenge long-time leader Love To Dance on the turn into the straight.

The 14-1 shot, a daughter of Sinndar, was always going just the better and stuck her neck out gamely to land the prize by a head close home.

Berry was completing a double, having taken the opening Electronic Retail Security Handicap on Vignelaure Rose in the colours of the legendary Vincent O'Brien.

A gap opened up for the Charles O'Brien-trained filly (11-2) over a furlong out and she slipped through to lead before holding Bonny Rose by a head.

The main jumps race on the card was the Deacy & Associates Novice Chase, which went to Eoin Griffin's gutsy Artiste Bay (3-1) after a rousing finish.

Favourite Dreamy Gent tried to make all and held a commanding lead before the turn for home, but he emptied in the last 100 yards and Artiste Bay, who had followed him all the way, responded well to David Casey's driving to get up by a neck.

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