Letters Of Note battles to narrow success for in-form Pat Smullen

Letters Of Note, trained by Michael O’Callaghan for Pearl Bloodstock, proved a narrow winner of the listed Yeomanstown Stud Dark Angel Stakes in Naas last night.

Another winner for in-form Pat Smullen, the Azamour filly battled gamely to beat Byzantium by a head, with Newsletter third, prompting her trainer to declare: “It’s nice to have a bit of luck for those lads!”

O’Callaghan added: “Pat said they were going too slow and he decided to make his move. She battled and toughed it out well. He said that the better the race, the better she’ll be. She’s a big filly and will keep improving. She’s been busy, so we might give her a few easy weeks before we make plans.”