Carla Bianca keeps Weld bandwagon rolling along

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen struck again when Carla Bianca landed the featured Naas Oaks Trial in Naas last night.

The Moyglare-owned filly, wide-margin winner of a Navan maiden last time and sent off a strong 13/8 second favourite, got the better of 6/4 favourite Palace and Circling after a ding-dong battle up the Naas hill, capturing this listed prize by three-quarters of a length.

This latest stakes-race win pushed Weld’s earnings in Ireland through the €900,000 barrier in win and place prize-money for 2014. The Mater of Rosewell House commented: “She won her maiden impressively and did it nicely again tonight. Fast ground is vital to her — she’s a lovely long-striding filly — and, although she was slow to come to hand in the spring, she has matured and developed a lot.