Ladies Well wins at Roscommon

Ladies Well (7/2) made it three consecutive monthly wins when landing the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Chase at Roscommon under C M Quirke. The six-year-old mare, successful at Killarney's July and August festivals, out-battled Jolie Jewel from the second-last to score by two and a quarter lengths, with 27 lengths back to third-placed Chosen Shant. The yard was represented by brother and assistant Willie Slattery, who said: "We were a bit disappointed the last day, when she was a bit slowly away and missed the first fence, although we were delighted to see trainer Val O'Brien winning the race. She did that well today, has to have good ground and to be ridden like that. She's a brilliant jumper. "The boys (Mrs Crogh's Syndicate, which includes former Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett) would like a day out so we might go to one of those meetings in Cheltenham off a light weight. Down Royal gets good ground and could be an option, but the boys like Cheltenham!" (Quotes from Gary Carson)