LOUISE and Sophia Doheny hosted an afternoon/evening show last Wednesday week at their Slieve Bloom Stud, where there were five wins for the Co Laois yard, four being recorded by Italian young rider Valentina Villecco.

The 21-year-old won both opening Preliminary classes on the Dohenys’ Oldenburg gelding Valentino Heinrich PS. In the DI5A, Villecco and the son of Vivaldi were awarded a score of 70 by Dermot Cannon (List 1). There were six starters in that class and in the DI8 judged by Michael Moore (List 2A), where Villecco and Valentino Heinrich PS topped the overall leaderboard on 69.62%. The winning five-year-old, who was bred in Germany by Gestüt Lewitz, is out of the Fürst Heinrich mare Finella.