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Monday 20 May 2013

Khawatim's successful raid

Noel Quinlan sent the in-form Khawatim over from Newmarket to rout the opposition under jockey Ben Curtis in the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap at Dundalk.

This completed a double for Curtis, who was also seen to good effect earlier on Tom McCourt's Bangalore Diamond.

Ana O'Brien rode her first winner when scoring on her father Aidan's mare Fairylike (10/1) in the Irish Stablestaff Association Awards Apprentice Handicap, catching Benbecula in the shadow of the post for a half-length strike wearing the colours of her mother Anne-Marie.

Meanwhile, Utopie Des Bordes remains unbeaten in two starts since joining Nicky Henderson after she claimed the Listed Jane Seymour Mares' Novice Hurdle at Sandown.

The 11/10 favourite was given most difficulty by She Ranks Me after Willie Mullins-trained raider Twigline crashed out at the last.

The stewards queried why Ruby Walsh remounted Twigline and cantered her back, but were satisfied she had been examined by a vet.

Henderson and Geraghty added another when Heronry (9/4 favourite) swallowed up Liberty Court in the Oxshott Novices' Handicap Hurdle.

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