Battling Rayna completes four-timer

The John Oxx-trained Rayna and in-form apprentice Gary Halpin continued on their winning ways when landing the €25,000 Connacht Oaks in Sligo last night.

Halpin, who is apprenticed to Kevin Prendergast, is now unbeaten in three spins on the Aga Khan-owned Selkirk filly, which battled gamely to hold Dragon Fei by a head, completing a double for the young man from Blanchardstown.

Previously successful at Tramore, Leopardstown and Killarney, Rayna was the only three-year-old in last night’s field and is clearly an improving filly.