Double for Hayes at Galway

Chris Hayes doubled up at Galway on board Kevin Prendergast’s Aegean Sky in the mile and a half fillies maiden.

The pair went off at an SP of 2/1, backed in from 11/4 on course and held 4/6 favourite Supernovae who got going too late up the hill by half a length. The favourite, representing Dermot Weld and Leigh Roche, was easy to back from 4/7.

“She’s tough and hated the ground. It was tacky and holding,” Chris Hayes said.

“She had a great run last day at Tipperary [second in an extended mile and a half maiden on 24 July]. It’s great to get a winning bracket with her." Mont Blanc was a neck further back in third for Ken Condon and Shane Foley.

(on course reporting by Thomas Weekes)