No chance for bookies as Slim Chance lands gamble

BACK-TO-FORM jockey Chris Hayes, successful on Adam’s Return at Leopardstown on Thursday, followed-up when completing a double on Slim Chance and Lady Bennett in Down Royal last night.

The Jimmy Coogan-trained debutante Slim Chance, backed from 20/1 to 10/1, captured the Gordons Gin Median Auction 2-Y-0 Maiden at the expense of Backbench Blues, prompting her trainer to admit: “She’s been working well and we thought she’d be hard enough to beat. She’s nice and should improve from this experience.”

Hayes received high praise from trainer Charlie Swan after completion his double on Lady Bennett in the Guinness Fillies Handicap, the tough High Chaparral filly getting the better of Dart Queen.