Gary Carroll recorded his 38th winner of the season after he took the opening race this evening at Dundalk, the www.dundalkstadium.com Race aboard 12/1 shot Invincible Ash

Carroll produced the daughter of Invincible Spirit to lead on the line and deny 5/2 favourite Fourpenny Lane by a neck.

A delighted Halford said afterwards: “We have her entered in the Curragh on Sunday but there has been a lot of rain since declaration time so we’ll have to wait and see if she'll take her chance.”

“She will probably come back here for the Mercury Stakes at the end of the month.”

The Michael Halford trained Invincible Spirit also set a new course record for the fastest time when coming home in 1 minute and 11.36 seconds.