Plan comes together at Galway

The rest of the news from the fourth day of the Galway Festival, where Planchart struck for the in-form Andrew Slattery.

Andrew Slattery secured his second big-race win of the week at the Galway Festival as Planchart came out on top in the Arthur Guinness EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes.

Slattery sent out Creggs Pipes to win the valuable BMW Mile on Tuesday and her stablemate duly added Listed glory to the money they already had in the bank.

Favourite Rayisa set the early pace but he was tracked by Declan McDonogh aboard the winner, who was sent off a 100/30 chance.

Although Rayisa did not go down without a fight, Planchart was able to get on top inside the final furlong, running on well to score by half a length in the seven-furlong heat.

Planchart had previously finished fifth in the Naas Oaks Trial and Slattery felt she probably should have won that event, too.

He said: “I think if they re-ran the race in Naas the last day she’d win and (jockey) Billy Lee thinks the same way.

“That’s as short as she wants to go today and she won’t run over seven furlongs again. She’s a Listed winner now, and that’s the main thing for Mr Garvey.

“Every time she runs, she finishes well and we probably overfaced her a few times last year.

“She works …

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