Another tough night for St Leger punters

LIMERICK hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for favourites in the Kerry Agri Business Irish St Leger and Saturday night proved another tough night for punters.

Mon, 11 Jun, 2007 - 01:00

Hottest favourite of the night was Bar The Devil in the opening heat as he went off at 4-5 but a tricky draw in the strips proved his undoing.

He duly experienced a terrible passage and in the end did well to qualify for the semi-finals. PJ Fahy’s Tyrur Rocky hit the front on the second bend and drew right away to win by five lengths from More Bale in 29.55 with Bar The Devil finishing strongly to be just a short head back in third.

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CourtsRacingPlace: TallinnPlace: TraleePerson: LimerickPerson: Bar The DevilPerson: PJ FahyPerson: Tyrur RockyPerson: More BalePerson: Hondo DinglePerson: Aidan TynanPerson: Jaime TopPerson: Eye KingPerson: YoullhavetogoPerson: Lughill JoPerson: Owen McKennaPerson: Skywalker DukePerson: Droopys DecoPerson: Michael DownesPerson: Tyrur BrettPerson: Monsoon JackPerson: JaimePerson: RockinghamPerson: Pat BuckleyPerson: Droopys KuytPerson: Lee StrandPerson: Droopys RobertaPerson: Adrian KellyPerson: Bellewood WestyPerson: Tailteann JoeEvent: KerryOrganisation: RockinghamOrganisation: Tallinn
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