Poignant win for Weld’s Starlet

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen shared a treble in rain-sodden Leopardstown as Tarafiyla, Hellenistic and Starlet recorded emphatic victories on a night when Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning doubled-up with News At Six and Teocht.

The impressive victory of 4/7 favourite Starlet in the concluding fillies maiden proved particularly poignant and emotional for the Master of Rosewell House as the filly carries the colours of his late mother, who died in April.

A daughter of Sea The Stars, Starlet built on the promise of her debut second at Navan, stretching clear to slam Ode To Psyche by five lengths, prompting Weld to comment: “This is special as she’s the first winner in those colours since my mother died. This is a very adaptable filly.