Rossa Baby runs away with Hawkes Memorial decider

THERE were wonderful scenes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night when Rossa Baby produced an exhilarating performance to run away with the final of the €12,000 Oliver Hawkes Memorial Open 575.

Drawn ideally in the stripes, the brilliant tracker was subject of a late public plunge which forced track bookmakers to slash her odds from even money down as low as 4/6 in places.

The race panned out beautifully for the John Kiely trained bitch as she ploughed a lone furrow along the wide outside in the early stages.