Brother proves a good thing

MY Good Brother (9/4) made it three wins on the spin when landing the opening Like Us On Facebook Handicap at Dundalk under Colin Keane.

Tom McCourt’s sprinter won over the same flying five on the polytrack, on All-Ireland Hurling Final Sunday, , before going on to the beach to prove victorious at Laytown nine days after that. A fruitful September was completed for the Elusive City seven-yearold when he travelled well and found enough in the closing stages to beat Danz Gift by three parts of a length.

Mick Halford’s well-backed favourite Hunaina (6/4) shed her maiden tag at the sixth time of asking in a firsttime tongue-strap in the Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden at Dundalk.

It was a case of lucky thirteen for Flowerhill Nova when he landed the Dundalk Stadium Maiden. Declan McDonogh’s mount achieved the victory in style too with Andy Slattery’s charge quickening well when required to defeat Grainne’s Dream by three and a half lengths.

The division one of the Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Handicap had a well-backed winning favourite with Arbourfield (around 6s earlier into 5/2) pleasing his many supporters by half a length from Twistsandturns under Billy Lee.

Three Majors ended the run of winning favourites when in race five, division two of the Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Handicap, he prevailed at 16/1 under Ronan Whelan. Owned by the Kimberley Racing Syndicate and trained by Paul Deegan, the successful three-year-old held on well from Shabra Emperor, by a neck.

In first-time cheek-pieces Park Row (7/1, from 10s) prevailed under Gary Halpin in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap at Dundalk.

Jim Bolger’s Ringside Humour scored in the Dundalk Stadium Light Up Your Night Race. The Coolcullen representative in the previous heat, Maincin was short-headed by Park Row, but here Kevin Manning’s mount was on the right side of a tight finish, Ringside Humour getting the better of Elusive Heights.

Jessamine has gone close more than once in the past and the door opened on the eleventh attempt for the Mastercraftsman filly when she proved successful in the concluding bookings@dundalkstadium.com Handicap. Leigh Roche brought Pat Flynn’s 5/1 shot (from 13/2) with her winning run down the outer and she eventually got home by three parts of a length and a neck from Lunada and Milford Lass.