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Pale Moonlight charts straight course to victory

Pale Moonlight, left, sweeps through to winPale Moonlight, left, sweeps through to win
© Photo Healy Racing

Pale Moonlight (11/1) took full advantage of Mister Wilson hanging badly to take the opening mile nursery in Gowran Park.

Mister Wilson shortened from 10/1 to 4/1 this morning and soon led under Nathan Crosse.

The grey leader had the field on the stretch approaching the final quarter of mile, however, he shifted to his left passing the two pole.

He was still at the head of affairs inside the final furlong but veered markedly left towards the stands' side rail in the final 150 yards to open the door for Pale Moonlight.

Colin Keane had his mount in rear before the duo utilised the far rail to make good headway racing to the final furlong.

They stayed on well to take over in the closing stages and scored by two lengths from Mister Wilson (6/1) and Dahomey (80/1) who dead heated for second.

Keane said: "She handled the ease in the ground and had headgear on for the first time.

"She is a grand little filly, very straightforward and tries very hard.

"The other horse (Mister Wilson) didn't help himself, but my filly got a lovely run around, got the splits when she needed them and ran straight. She probably wanted it more."

Dermot Weld 's Pale Moonlight sported a first-time visor after four unplaced runs.

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy

1st
11/1
Tote €12.00 €1.70
2nd
2L
6/1
€3.10
2nd
Dht
80/1
€10.80
4th
3.5L
3/1Fav
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.