Couture is tailor made for Condon & Elliott

Davy Condon was seen at his strongest when getting Totally Couture home in the Mulholland Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle at Ballinrobe.

The 11/2 chance struck the front three out but Condon was hard at work as a number of rivals threw down challenges entering the straight.

Barry Geraghty went for a daring move up the inner at the final flight on 5/4 favourite Enchanted Forest but Condon was alive to the manoeuvre and kept his mount going to hold that rival by half a length. Baby Grey (7/1) appeared to be travelling best approaching the home bend but could find no extra in the straight, and finished another two and a quarter lengths away in third.

Winning trainer Gordon Elliott said, “It wasn’t the strongest race in the world but on his run at Navan (third in a maiden to Un Atout) last year he was entitled to go close. We’ll keep him going for the summer now, and he could run in Britain as well.”

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy