Point-to-Point Weekly 29-5-24

COTTER’S CONQUEST

Roaring Conquest’s Ballingarry victory sends Shane Cotter on his way to sealing the under-21 title Reports, pages 2-3

EREK O’CONNOR

‘I can understand why Barry O’Neill andRob James, close friends and colleagues, decided to let things stand after the penultimate weekend had left them level on the 39-winner mark’ Page 4

GROUP 1 PERFORMER AT 2, 3, 4 & 5 YEARS

Following IDAHO VALLEY at Tallow for Ellen Doyle, and CAHIER’S DEN at Ballindenisk for Gearoid O’Loughlin, LONG BRANCH scored at Tralee on Saturday for Peter Flood

SEASON’S FINAL STANDINGS

ORMONDATBALLINGARRY SATURDAY

Finn takes advantage as O’Neill sits it out

BERTIE FINN wasthe chief beneficiary of BarryO’Neill’s decision to opt outofthe weekend’s actionasherode twowinnersofaColin Bowetrainedtreble

O’Neill andtitle rivalRob James announcedlastweek theywould sharethe champion riders’title instead of battlingit outonthe season’sfinal weekend, leavingFinn to take ful la dv an ta ge on the impressive TheGreat Nudie in the Go ffs Arkle Sa le and MurphyContractorsfour-yearold mares’ maiden OwnedbyMonaghanbusinessman LeoMcArdle,the WingsOfEaglesmarelefther rivals toiling exiting theback straight beforecruising home 18 lengths clear

“She wasveryimpressive.

Star performance

TheGreat Nudie produced adevastating turn of foot leaving thebackstraight for an easydebut victory

Sheloved the bit of nice ground and she quickenedsoimpressively,”B ow es aid. “I ’m delightedtogiveBertiea winner with the boys off,ashe worksveryhardall year.”

It wasalot closer for Finn in division twoofthe CliftonFarm five-year-old geldings’maiden as his mount, Stuntman Steve, hadtodig deep to winatthe seventhtime of asking.

The€12,000 DerbySale purchase hadfailedtofinish on each of his five previous outings in the pointingfields, buthewas adifferentprospect

NORTHKERRY AT TRALEE SATURDAY

this time as he overhauled long-timeleaderCitySlippers, ridden by title-chasingrider Susie Doyle, in the straight to winbytwo lengths

Bowe completedhis treble in the LiffeyMills winners-of-one for no vi ce ri der sw he n Haggard was12lengths too good for his fiverivals. HisWexford-basedBritishbornjockeySophie Carter had gained her firstpointingvictory at the venue12months earlier, and this comfortable winon the Ballinab oolamaiden winner providedher with a thirdsuccessofthe campaign by beatingManlikemike.

Manlikemike’srider Shane Cotter entered the weekend tiedwith Dara McGill at the top of the under-21table,and the Ballynoe rider movedone clear of thedefendingchampion with the successof Roaring Conquest in the firstdivisionof the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Theson of Doyenhad been disqualifiedafter finishing third at Ballindenisk this month whenitwas discovered his rider Jack Hendrick hadlost his lead cloth duringthe race for which he received afive-day suspension Cotter took advantageof Hendrick’senforced absenceby guidingDenis Murphy’scharge to a15-length defeatofFrenchbred MonsieurLeFuzz.

“Hewas unbelievable.I’ve beenlookingfor that winner as that puts me one ahead in the under-21 title.Sothanks to Denis,” Cottersaid.

Focus Point bounced back to winningwaysfor the first timesince impressing at Tinahelyinmid-October,ashe to ok up his cu st om ar y

Mammylooks poised forbrightfuture

THE VinnyDevereux-trained newcomer Onlymammycanloveme hintedthat abright trackcareerawaitsbytaking the GoffsArkle Sale andSean Sheehy &Family five-year-old geldings’ maiden underShane O’Rourke.

Onlymam mycanloveme made smooth progressinto thirdfromhalfway as Clondaw Creed held sway up front. The winningson of Vendangeur movedthrough to dispute the runningwith MilanForth after the third-last. Therewas little to separatethe pair butthe winner,who waspurchased as afoal, wastravellingbetter two outand went on to beatMilan Forthbytwo and ahalf lengths

“Itwas abit of arush to run him as he’s abig horsewho’s still very green,”Devereuxsaid of hisfatherJimmy’swinner, a half-brother to trackscorers includingGrade 2-winning chaser Medical Card

Onlymammycanloveme was addedtotoday’sTattersalls

Star performance

Onlymammycanloveme clockedthe quickesttime on thecardashemadea winning starttohis career

Ireland sale of point-to-point horses at Fairyhouse.

Nineteen-year-oldJosh Berry rode histhird winner of the season on his father Johnny’s Some Front (right)inthe Quilter Insulation five-year-oldand-upwards mares’ maiden.

Some Front, who wasfourth on her lasttwo starts,including behind subsequent€140,000 Goffs Punchestown saleacquisition Queens Wish on her debutatBallysteen,madeher waytothe frontthree out.

Shefaceda strong challenge from the second-last from Dromahane runner-up Highbourne Velvet.Some Frontwas the stronger though as she dug deep to beat Highbourne Velvet by half alength

“This mare wasbredby

Frankie Gaul, ahead lad to my late uncle PadgeBerry,” Berry said of his wife Shirley’smare.

“It’sgreat that Frankie is here todayand Some Frontisafine bigmarewho hasimproved from her firstcouple of runs.”

It wasa red-letterday for 24-y earAndrew Kenned fr om Co un t y Westmeath as he ro de his firstwinneron Dr ea me rs Choice,who is tr aine db y Aidan‘Scobie Fitzgerald, in th Kays Sayers Inte Design and Kellihers Mills Clash six-year-old-andupwardsgeldings’maiden.

representingthe Cobajay Syndicate, then drew clear be fo re the las tt ob ea t Curraghmorethird Mohera Prince by eightlengths

ThePeter Flood-trained Long Branch stepped up from his de bu te ig ht ha t hanmorelast nth by landing heTattersalls

Dreamers Choice,whose best previous effortwas athird at MonksgrangeonEaster Sunday, hadjustjoinedUp Ki llo ughe yw hen Sa m Curling’schargefell twoout Thewinningson of Shirocco,

NHand Derra Farm Equestrian four-yearold ma id en under Georgie Benson.

Th eI dahoedLongBranch upthe running threeout and kept the patiently riddenArslan at bayto winbyalength

The€38,000 Derbysale purchase is due to return to the TattersallsIreland sales ring thisevening as he wasadded to the boutique auction of pointersatthe Ratoath venue. David Murphy’striple track

winner First Touch rolledback the yearswhen landingthe Dillon Prendiville Auctioneers and Beale Hill Windfarm novice riders’open under Adam Feeney.

The12-year-old,winless since landing athree-mile Clonmel handicaphurdle in October2021, asserted twoout to beat favourite Er Dancer by eightlengthsinthe colours of his hander’s father Jeff Murphy. TheDonnchadh Doyletrainedmare Millie Supreme recordedathirdsuccessofthe season in the McCarthy Racing Atheaand Hough Agri, Castlemahon winners’ race Millie Supreme, who beat Peggys Rock on her laststartat Ballycrystal, wasontop three outunder Brian Lawlesstobeat Commander Of Tenbyfour lengths.Doyle’s representative, Graham Breen, indicated that Millie Supreme,asix-year-old ow ne db yt he Mo nb eg Syndicate, waslikely to return to pointingnextseason

TheGreat Nudieonher waytoan18-length victory under Bertie Finn forhandler Colin Bowe

Colin Bowe took the champion handler title forthe 13th time

position at thefront of the field to make all the running in the Foremans open.

Histhree-and-a-half-length victorywas asecond successive wininthe race by the eightyear-old,having dead-heated 12 month se ar li er und er regular rider DanHyde.

“He’sbeenrunninga little bit in and outbut he wasin greatformtoday.Henearly tells you when he’s in good form,”handler TimmyHyde said “Hemay go to Listowel or he could go to thefield for the summer.”

TheBillDurkanteam had endured afruitlesslongtrekto Toomebridge afortnightearlier to give Awkward Silence her debut.

Havingpulledupatthe Antrim venue, theRichard Lombard-owned bayshowed the benefitofthatexperience as PatrickGleeson’smount landed theDuggan Veterinary Supplies five-year-old mares’ maiden at the expenseof Mandalay Maggie

TheBarry Stone-partnered To TheWire took asimilar step forward in the FogartyElectrical four-year-old auction maiden.Seven days after beating only one rivalhome at Stradbally, Gary Murphy’s charge came up trumps by beatingRouban by twoand a half lengths “I ranhim lastSunday. Shane O’Rourkerodehim and saidheblewupthree outbut that he’d winnextweekin Ballingarry,”Murphysaid.

“Unfor tunately, Skippy couldn’tride him today as his boss hadrunnersinTralee.”

Cotter landsunder-21title as stalking ride defeatsMcGill

SHANECOTTER sealed the under-21 riders’championship with his 15thvictoryofthe season on Berkenshtaaap

Hismain rivalDaraMcGill started theday on 13 winners, onebehindCotter,and victory on Ballyredinkingston in the FaxbridgeVeterinaryClonakilty andMcLaughlinsBandon four-year-old geldings’maiden wouldhavegiven himashare of the title

Formuch of the race it looked as though that might happen as he ledfivefences from home,but 17-year-old Cotter wasstalking his rivalon Denis Murphy’snewcomer and when he took over approaching the third-last, victory and the title were sealed.

Th es on of Be rk shir e galloped clearofhis rival, who made afinal-fence mistake, to wineasilybyfivelengths.El Bugsywas afurther 17 lengths adrift in third.

“He’saniceyoung horse who’s stillverybackwardand we were nearly goingtoleave him off,but we didn’t as Shane wasgoing for the under-21 riders’championship,” Murphy said of the €6,500foalacquisition who traces to Italian Group1 winner Posidonas

On an excellentafternoon for

Star performance

Dippedinmoonlight was abletotrounceten rivals for an impressive 40-length win

County Wexfordstables,the newcomer Dippedinmoonlight destroyedthe opposition und er her ow ne r- trai ner

DarraghBerry’s 19-year-old nephew Josh Berryinthe Mc Ca rt hy Gr ee nB ui ld Construction Co and ClonakiltyFood Company four-yearoldmares’maiden.

Dippedinmoonlight, ahalfsister to four winners on the Flat in France and whoseCape Cross-sireddam is ahalf-sister to 14-time Group1winner Goldikova, took closer order six outbeforeboundingintothe lead well beforethe third-last. It wasall plain sailingfrom thereasthe daughter of Zarak stormedclear to beat fellow debutante Arctic Beag by 40 lengths in thestyle of onewe will hear alot moreabout

“I’m delighted and fair play to Da rren O’ Dw ye r, wh o boughther forusatGoffs in February,”the elder Berrysaid. “She’s areallylovelyfilly and Josh hasdone all the schooling on her at home.”

Dippedinmoonlightand

ORMONDATBALLINGARRY SUNDAY

Berkenshtaaapwereboth quickly addedtothis evening’s Tattersalls Ireland point-topointsaleattheir Ratoath sales complex

Colin Bowe hadaterrific end to the season. After saddling three winnersatBallingarrythe pr evio us afternoon, the champion handler combined with Bertie Finn to landa double.

Divilskin initiatedtheir brace in the Clonawinners-of-two Thesix-year-old supplemented his recentLoughrea successby arrivingfromwell off the pace to lead beforethree outand coasted home by eightlengths from IMasked Du Potier

“He’sa very honest horse who likes better ground and I’mreally lookingforward to the futurewithhim now,”Bowe said ofDivilskin, who finished fourth in aSouthwell bumper in November 2022duringa year-longspell with Paul Nicholls

Doyen Evening broughtup the Bowe-Finn double half an hour later with anar row successinthe DunmoreHouse Ho te lf iv e-y ear-old and upwardsmares’maiden.

TheLoughrea runner-up, ownedbyOwenMurphy from near Ba llin ab oo la and homebredbyhis late father Brendan, edged intoa narrow

lead from twoout,whichwas maintained to the line to beat the previous Sunday’s Ballindenisk second Shuil Siorai by a head.

Thenewcomer Freddie’s Back showed all the right qualities to land the Clogheen Home Developments fiveyear-old geldings’maiden underJamesWalsh, sonofthe handler John Walsh.

RepresentingJames’s wife Aine Dagg,Freddie’s Back alwaystook theeye in running and movedthrough to lead after three out.

Thewinning sonofMalinas, ahalf-brother to triple track winner Junior Rattler,who was started off in points by John Walsh,returned with two lengths to spareoverWild Nephin.

TheWillieMurphy-trained Barton Sky made lightofa break of morethanthree and a half months by capturingthe Sp ri ng mo un tS tu do lder geldings’maiden.

Ownedand bred by 92-yearold Thomas Hutton, from Rathoe, Barton Skywenttothe fr on tu nder Pa Ki ng approachingthree outbefore survivingafinal-fence blunder to beat veteran Borriswood by nine lengths

Double joyasRyanendsthe seasonSky high

ADAM RYAN signed off the season in style with his first double,openedon My Friend Yeats in theJimmyNeville Me mo ri al six -y ear -o ld geldings’maiden.

MichaelWard’ssix-year-old home br ed ha ds ho wn a glimpseofpromise at Ballysteenbeforefallingtwo out, but in sixother attempts he failed to trouble the judge.

That allchanged when he came from an unlikely position approachingthe home straight, galvanised by Ryan to finish strongly andbeatSir Ollie by twoand ahalf lengths

“Wethoughthewas really nice early on and he just disappointedusa little,” saidhandler John Neilan. “Good ground is keytohim;weran him afew times on soft and it didn’t work out. We mightkeephim going for the summer and hopefully runhim ahurdle race.”

Star performance

Cocovic neverhad to be askedfor maximumeffortin supplying handler Paul Powerwith hissecond fouryear-old winner of the campaign

Ryan hadluckonhis side when completinghis double on SkyLuna in theFairymount Properties and SeymoreKenny mares’ winners-of-three Hismount wasone of three with awinningchancecoming to thefinal fencebut,ina dramatic turn of events,the favourite RegardsToRoseran out, taking the challenging Neat Locality with her,and leavingSky Luna 62 lengths clearofSarah Jane “Webredher at home,soit’s

special,”owner-breeder-trainer PatrickMorissey said.“She gave everythingthe last dayin Stradballywhen just beaten We didn’t knowwhattodo after it butshe came outofthe race well, so we said we would runher here– and fortune favours thebrave

“I wasrunningher on soft ground and it wasabig mistake butI’m learning as Igothe whole time.”

DieseDes Bieffes returned to winningwaysinthe Dr SazenskiMemorialladies open when supplyingrider Joanne Co ri sh wi th her se cond success.

Thegreyhad looked as if he wasdestinedtobecome a significantplayerinthe division whenwinninghis firsttwo races for CormacDoyle in autumn 2021but after alengthyabsence he failedtorecapture that form. This seven-length defeat of El

Paso Wood wasa first victory for the 11-year-old since October 2021

“Hejumped likeastagand I can’tbelieveitbecause his formwasn’t great this season, butI thin bet ter gr ou n to da yr eall y su ite dh im ,” Corishsaid.

Ma rk Scallan sent outhis fifth winner of the campaign when Eag er Ey e bouncedbackto promiseshe hadshown when beaten fivelengths on her penultimatestartatTattersa lls as she ope ne dh er accountinthe Fairymount Farm Adventures Ltdand Alan King AgriSales six-year-old mares’ maiden.

Owned by ShaneRoche,the

LeadingLight mare hadbeen hampered by aloose horseat Stradbally aweekearlier,but she morethanmadeamends by outbattlingthe long-time leader Feet On TheGround lengths completeda uickdouble for Barry Stoneas the Wexford ri der ha d co mb in ed with Waterford handler Paul ower to land e Tattersalls NH TToo he y& So ns fo ur-y ear-o ld ge ldin gs ’m aid en wi th Cocovic TheOcovangogeldingwas the lastoffourfinishers at Loughrea afortnightearlier when makinghis debut, but the bayshowed thebenefitof that outing as he proved nine

Liam O’Farrell’shomebred hadfinishedthird at Necarne earlierinthe month on his re tu rn fr om a1 9- mon th absence,and thedrier ground conditions at the Tipperary venuehelpedhim beat DunAr Aill by ahead.

g nkthe n s o the d shown by two It qu B h P the and S o n s f o lengths too good forTop Guy. Thefinal race of the season wasone Conor Bowman will cherish as he rode his first winner when Calahill landed the second division of TheGlue Potolder maiden.

Theopening split of that older maiden saw Coffeys Forge (left)gain adeserved breakthrough as PatrickRyan’s eight-year-old hadfinished placedinhis three most recent starts.

Puttingthat experience to gooduse,Adam Feeneyguided the Yeatsgelding to a14-length defeat of the previously-placed ANiceMalbec

DebutanteDippedinmoonlight makes abig impressioninthe mares’maiden

DerekO’Connor Straight to thePoint

That’s it!Aseasonofexciting newtalentand rosy futures

ALONG season is over Lookingbackatthe campaign,it’ssafe to saywesaw alot of excitingtalent. Nearly everyweekend therewere eyecatchingperformancesthat suggestedbig futures

That view wasbackedupbythe many expensivepurchases we saw through the sales season. Of course, it will be awhile beforewediscover who gotthe best valueand whowill be left countingthe cost.

Foravariety of reasons,the reality is that some of the horseswho made fancyprices will fail to deliver on the hopes held outfor them.That’s just the natureofa riskybusiness.

Because there’ssomuch at stake thesedays, the majorhandlers are very conscious of the risk of overexposingtheir horses.Manyinthe mostinfluential nurseriesare destinedtobesold when theyhave runonly once,twice at most It’s like aconstantconveyorbelt. Some point-to-pointenthusiasts may regret theydon’t getthe chance to followthe progressofa young horse anymore. It’s typically acaseofa debutwin, done and dusted, and gone.It’sasituation that impacts the number of runners too, with smaller fields atrend in the crucial four-yearoldand five-year-old maidens

Still, it’s beenasuccessful season overall, and the spateof cancellations duringadifficult spell meanttherewerestill enough runners to go around rightuptothe end of the season and the final decision of titles and honours

In lastweek’scolumn, Idiscussed the rivalrybetweenRob James and BarryO’Neill and howthe 2023-24 riders’title still hung in the balance.I expectedtheir duel to be the big storyofthe final weekend and I’m sure many enthusiasts were looking forward to seeinghow the head-tohead would turn out.

Lookingatitfromthat angle it’s unfortunatewedidn’tget the chance to see twopopular and wellrespectedridersbring it all the way to the end. However, Iunderstand whythesetwo closefriends and colleagues decidedtolet things stand after the penultimateweekend hadleftthem levelonthe 39-winner mark.

They’retwo tough competitors and you canbesureitwas not a decision theytook lightly. They canboth look backonthe achievementwith pride Barryhas kept his grip on the title he’s held

‘Rob

has reacheda well-deserved milestone, a reward forhis hard work,determination andconsistency in the tenyears sincehefirst madeheadlines as

Through the season, it wasgood to see plenty of new names comingon the scene,maleand female.Many handlers arenow prepared to give youth achanceand to develop talent in-house, offeringopportunities that were not alwaysthereinthe past. Foryoung riders,there’sno substitute for race-ridingexperience Ridingwinners accelerates the learningprocess, providedthat the young jockeykeeps his or her feet on the ground and maintains alevelheadedattitude

This season’sunder-21 title was foughtoverbytwo riders whohave shown the rightqualities.This was the one title for which the last weekend proved vital, with Shane Cotter getting twowinsonthe board without reply from Dara McGill. Formuch of theseason, Dara was in pole positiontoretain the title However, Shane enjoyed abrilliant second half havingridden his first winner at Lingstownasrecently as lastDecember.

He hasworkedfor Denis Murphy since leavingschoolthe year before last, so it wasfittingthat the stable suppliedthe twowinners that clinchedthe title.Hescored on RoaringConquestatBallingarryon Saturday, and partnered BerkenshtaaaptobeatDara’smount Ballyredkingston at Inchydoney.

championnovicerider’

since 2017. Robhas reacheda welldeservedmilestone,arewardfor his hard work,determination and consistencyinthe ten years since he firstmade headlines as champion novice rider Rob’s39winscame from 166 rides,42 fewer than Barry. For that alone,itwould have beentough on him if he hadlostout on thefinal weekend.

Other battles continuedto the end. With Maxine O’Sullivan ruledout of action since sufferinga fall at Dawstown early in themonth, the weekend fixturesgaveSusie Doyleachancetowin thelady riders’ title outright with twomounts suppliedbyher father Pat.

On Saturday, she gave City Slippers apositiveride in amaiden at

Ballingarrybut he wascollared two outbythe Colin Bowe-trained Stuntman Steve, who kept on best to scorebytwo lengths under Bertie Finn.

On Sunday, she went to Inchydoneytoride the consistentI Mask Du Poitier. Again, it wasthe Bowe-Finn combination that gotin the way. This time the muchimproved Loughrea winner Divilskin did the damage, winning comfortably by eightlengths Honours even, afair outcomeat the end of aseason in which14 individual women ridershad winners, includingthree who enjoyed successonthe final weekend: Sophie Carter on Haggard for Colin Bowe at Ballingarry,Joanna Corish on DieseDes Bieffes for CormacDoyle at the same venue, and Georgie Benson, who rode fouryear-old winner Long Branch for

Dara gave it his all and managed to reach the firstthree on fiveofhis eightrides duringthe lasttwo days, goingclosest in amares’maiden at Inchydoney, beaten only aheadby DoyenEvening, whogaveColin Bowe andrider Bertie Finn afourth shared winofthe weekend.

Colin endedthe season on the 38-winner mark,13clear of Donnchadh Doyleand capturing the champion handler title for the 13th time.David Christietook thirdplace with 21 wins,nine provided by the champion point-to-pointer Winged Leader Soldier Of Fortune ranawaywith the leadingsireaward,withDoyen a distantsecond. Thedestination of the last regional title wasconfirmed with DarraghAllen takingthe southern championship

Congratulations to all concernedand enjoythe break.

Peter Flood at the NorthKerry fixture at Tralee.

Adam Ryan on theway to theopening legofhis first doubleonMyFriend Yeats(right) from Sir Ollie at Ballingarry

HEALYRACING

4th bef 2out, mod 3rd when jmpd right 2out, asserted for 3rd cl hm RPR 74 141 Didntgotwenty (IRE) 5 11-11 J P Murray(5) rr of mid-div, cl 6th & prog aftr

yards RPR

Highbourne Velvet

11-11 FAV J C

m by Blue Bresi (FR) - Cresswell Willow (IRE) (Witness Box(USA)) cl

6th aftr 5out, prog aftr 4out & disp bef 3out where mstk, rdn when mstk 2out, ev ch bef last, no ex cl hm RPR 71 576 Colleen Dawn (IRE) 5 11-6 C M Connolly(5) .......21 2 3 b m by Pillar Coral - Colleen Bawn (FR) (Cockney Rebel(IRE)) mid-div, 7th 1/2way clsr 5th aftr 5out, cl 6th be 3out, prog in 4th aftr 2out went 3rd bef last, nrst at fin RPR 68 478 No Risk No Story (IRE) 6 11-6 A Leahy(5) rr of mid-div, 9th from 5th sl prog in 7th aftr 5out, disp bef 3out, no ex in 3rd from 2out, drpd to 4th bef last RPR 62 ...........6 4 Westernersunrise (IRE) 5 11-11 E P O’Brien mid-div, 8th when b mstk 3rd, mstk 4th, fair 10th aftr 5out, prog bef 2ou & went 5th bef last, kow fin RPR 56 ...........6 5 568 Getaway Oscar (IRE) 7 11-11 T P Roche chsd ldrs, 4th from 4th, 3rd aftr 5out, cl 4th bef 3out, wknd 2out RPR 50 .........12 6 464 Sheer Magic (IRE) 6 11-6 S Tobin(5) tr ldr in 2nd til 3rd from 4th, cl 2nd again from 5out until wknd aftr 4out & btn in 5th bef 3out, ko onepce RPR 50 ...........4 7 498 A Pleasant Suprise (IRE) 5 11-6 R Sugrue(5) mid-div on inner, 6th 1/2way, cl 8th aftr 5out & no ex when mstk 4out, wknd well bef 3out RPR 50 .........hd 8 560 Vanity Miss (IRE) 5 11-6 J P Murray(5) alw rr, 12th from 5th, fair 12th 5out & mod 12th aftr 4out, kpt gng RPR 50 .........12 9 576 Glenmalure Lady (IRE) 5 11-11 B Lawless alw twrds rr, hmprd 5th fair 11th aftr 5out, mod 10th aftr 4out bhnd from 2out & pu bef last P

494 Highway Princess (IRE) 6 11-11 M J Sweeney chsd ldrs & kn ti ld from 4th, 4l adv by 7th, mstk 6out, hdd & wknd aftr 4out, bhnd when pu bef 3out P 588 Rathcannon Violet (IRE) 7 11-6 J P Leddin(5) alw last, cto from 6out & b mstk 4out, pu bef 3out P 529 Stephanie Marie (IRE) 5 11-11 D Allen ww twrds rr, b mstk 6out, fair 9th aftr 5out & no impr when b mstk 3out, bhnd when pu bef 2out P 474 Way To Watar (IRE) 5 11-6 A T Feeney(5) cl up, 6th when mstk 5th & fell a few strides aftr fence F SP 4/1 TIME 6m 18.00s 14 ran

OWNER: Shirley Berry; HANDLER: J.P. Berry

613 Dillon Prendiville Auctioneers & Beale Hill Windfarm OpenNovice Riders abt 3m

593 FIRST TOUCH (IRE) 12 12-2 A T Feeney 1

b g by Mahler - Killesk Scribe (IRE) (Scribano)

ld/disp on outer til ld with sl adv from 7th, 2l adv bef 2out, gng best aftr 2out, went clr from last, easily RPR 97 554 Er Dancer (FR) 10 12-2 FAV A Harney ...........8 2 b g by Dragon Dancer - Quisiera (FR) (Passing Sale(FR)) mid-div mstk 4out went 2nd & rdn 3out 2 2nd & no ex up bef 2out & mstk last, no ch with easy wnr RPR 89 571 Hardline (IRE)

SCAN ME

THEGREATNUDIEwonthe 15-runner 4YO Mares Maidenfirsttime out at Ballingarryon Saturdayfor Colin Bowe byafacile18LENGTHS!

Owner Leo McArdle (centre), picturedwith nephewEdward and jockeyBertie Finn

WINGSANDWANDS,first-time-outwinneratBorrisHouseforPiercePower

HAYMEADOW,winneratBallyraggetforBillyCodd,andnowwithLucindaRussell MARLACOO,six-lengthfirst-time-outbumperwinneratDownRoyalforStuartCrawford

CHURCHFIELDSUNSET,first-time-outbumperwinneratCorkforEmmetMullins LEADERWING,bumperwinneratSedgefieldforowner/trainerTomWeston

Epsom Derbywinnerfrom the MONTJEU sireline

HIGHEXIT,won a 4YO Hurdlewinner by6 ½ lengths at Auteuilyesterday for Noel George & Amanda Zetterholm

Contact: David Magnier, Albert Sherwood, David O’Sullivan, Andrew Magnier & Catherine Magnier: 025-33006. Robert McCarthy, Bobby McCarthy & Peter Kenneally: 058-56254. TomGaffney, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming, Cathal Murphy & Barry Kennedy: 025-31966.