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overseas buyers.
The evening had begun with two well-backed winners. Firstly, Andy Slattery’s Offline (6/1 overnight but returned as the 15/8f), despite being slowly away, comfortably landed the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden, a race that has been won in recent years by a number of subsequent Group and Listed race winners.
Andy commented: ‘Declan (McDonogh, winning jockey) liked him from day one. He did that well and we’ll look for a ‘winner of one’ race now but we’ll take our time with him’.
Secondly, the Sheila Lavery-trained Danz Gift (6/1 overnight into 11/4jf) was a confidently-ridden and emphatic winner of the Connolly Kelly Accountants Handicap, coming from last-to-first to score under Ronan Whelan.
The bookmakers didn’t fare much better when Ger Lyons’ Masucci (3/1) got up close home to land the card’s €17,000 Rated Race under champion jockey Colin Keane in the well-known colours of Sean Jones, but were afforded some respite when Damian English’s Alfirak (10/1, Rory Cleary) gained a first career win on just his seventh run when landing the Sevens.ie Cabs & Coaches Rentals Handicap in the colours of Damian’s main patron, Grougha Stables.
Damian trains ‘about 35 minutes down the road’ in County Dublin and can make use of the beaches at Laytown and Bettystown, ‘something the horses seem to love’. It is clearly paying dividends.
There will be more dividends on offer at Dundalk on Tuesday 10th April, the stadium’s next fixture, which will be followed by meetings
Friday
RACE 1 Domingo Street won in 28.84 for Ben Hughes and agent Nalin Monerawela
Race 2 Valeries Express won in 28.98 for Michael Cunningham (Drogheda)
Race 3 Inslips Taz won in 28.83 for Michael Doyle & Thomas Butterly (Drogheda)
Race 4 Groveshill View won in 29.02 for Arthur Boyle & Seamus Casey (Dundalk)
Race 5 Groveshill Oak won in 21.76 for Arthur Boyle & Seamus Casey (Dundalk)
Race 6 Juggle Muggle won in 29.49 for Tom Mullan and Derry trainer William Mullan
Race 7 Footwork won in 21.75 for Michael Burke (Armagh)
Saturday
RACE 1 Colarhouse Leon won in 21.94 for Jason Whyte (Lifford)
Race 2 Barnacuiga Annie won in 29.46 for Kevin Mahon (Malahide)
Race 3 Ocean Queen won in 21.80 for Ciaran O’Neill (Coalisland)
Race 4 Fridays Picture won in 29.26 for owner/trainer Paul Whyte (Lifford)
Race 5 Fiddle Faddle won in 29.09 for Laurence & Brian Jones and Carrickmacross trainer Laurence Jones
Race 6 Bandicoot Bundee won in 29.18 for owner/trainer Bobby Scullion (Craigavon)
Race 7 Another Obama won in 19.18 for Miss Caitlin McGarry (Ballymoney)
Race 8 Press Paws won in 21.42 for Wanferyerself-Syndicate and Craigavon trainer Bobby Scullion
Race 9 Revilo Janey won in 28.97 for Philip Fitzpatrick and Oldcastle trainer Philip Oliver Fitzpatrick