Dillon Quirke remembered as cousin Cian steers  Femme Magnifique to emotional Killarney win

'Something good has come out of something bad,' trainer Harry Kelly said. 
Femme Magnifique and Cian Quirke win the BOYLE Sports Daily Money Back Meeting Handicap Steeplechase. Pic: Healy Racing Photo

Femme Magnifique and Cian Quirke win the BOYLE Sports Daily Money Back Meeting Handicap Steeplechase. Pic: Healy Racing Photo

Femme Magnifique, in the colours of the DQ Number Eleven Syndicate, proved an emotional winner of the featured Lee Strand Novice Chase on the final day of Killarney’s July festival.

The Harry Kelly-trained mare, now two from three for her new trainer, ran out a facile winner under Cian Quirke, beating The Banger Doyle by eight and a half lengths and reversing Tramore form with the favourite Mic Drop.

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