WESLEY Joyce of Moyross was back in the winners’ enclosure as he rode Dance For Chester to win the five-furlong handicap at Naas.
Another trained by Michael Mulvany, the 4/1 chance kept on well to score by three-quarters-of-a-length in the colours of the Magpie’s Nest Syndicate.
Elsewhere, Quin amateur Laura Costello rode her first winner under rules aboard Ill Raise A Glass in the concluding two-mile bumper at Cork.
Sent off at odds of 40/1, the Martin Fitzgerald-trained mare won by three-and-three-quarter lengths for owner John Hennessy.
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Other local riders with wins of late include Newcastle West’s Gary Noonan (Duke Otto, Wexford), Billy Lee of Ballingarry (Currawood, Dundalk) and Shanagolden’s Chris Hayes (Master Garvey, 14/1).
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